exhume [ig-zoom, -zyoom, eks-hyoom] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN verb (used with object), ex·humed, ex·hum·ing. to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth; disinter. to revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting; bring to light: to exhume a literary reputation; to exhume old letters. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of exhume 1400–50; late Middle English Medieval Latin exhumāre, equivalent to Latin ex- ex-1 + humāre to interRelated formsex·hu·ma·tion [eks-hyoo-mey-shuh n] /ˌɛks hyʊˈmeɪ ʃən/, nounex·hum·er, nounun·ex·humed, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for exhumation Contemporary Examples of exhumation
There are plenty more candidates for exhumation, too, if we fancy it.
Scientists Exhume the Heart of Richard the Lionheart
Dan Jones
March 3, 2013
The Vatican agreed last month to finally settle the issue by granting the Italian police permission for the exhumation.
Italian Police Open a Mobster’s Vatican-Owned Tomb in Search of a Missing Girl
Barbie Latza Nadeau
May 16, 2012
His remains were buried in a family plot in Bavaria until their exhumation Wednesday.
Neo-Nazi Hero Taken From Grave
Eve Conant
July 22, 2011
That was before an exhumation team found his mother’s remains and was finally able to identify them just this past summer.
Lauren Comiteau
March 5, 2010
Historical Examples of exhumation
If Porter had not seen him that night, it is more than likely that there would have been an exhumation.
J. Stark Munro
Fortified by this success, Goron was able to procure the exhumation of the body.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
H. B. Irving
The next step was to order the exhumation of the body of Mrs. Taylor.
Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries
C. J. S. Thompson
Information of the exhumation seems to have quickly got about.
The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812
James Blake Bailey
The dangers of the exhumation are not the only ones; the Bluebottle must be acquainted with others.
J. Henri Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for exhumation exhume verb (tr) to dig up (something buried, esp a corpse); disinter to reveal; disclose; unearthdon’t exhume that old argument Derived Formsexhumation (ˌɛkshjʊˈmeɪʃən), nounexhumer, nounWord Origin for exhume C18: from Medieval Latin exhumāre, from Latin ex- 1 + humāre to bury, from humus the ground Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for exhumation n.
early 15c., from Medieval Latin exhumationem (nominative exhumatio), noun of action from past participle stem of exhumare (see exhume).
exhume v.
early 15c., from Medieval Latin exhumare “to unearth” (13c.), from Latin ex- “out of” (see ex-) + humare “bury,” from humus “earth” (see chthonic). An alternative form was exhumate (1540s), taken directly from Medieval Latin. Related: Exhumed; exhuming.
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