exhume

exhume
[[t]ekshju͟ːm, AM ɪgzu͟ːm[/t]]
exhumes, exhuming, exhumed
VERB: usu passive
If a dead person's body is exhumed, it is taken out of the ground where it is buried, especially so that it can be examined in order to find out how the person died. [FORMAL]

[be V-ed] His remains have been exhumed from a cemetery in Queen's, New York City.

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exhumation [[t]e̱gzjuːme͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] plural N-VAR

Detectives ordered the exhumation when his wife said she believed he had been killed.


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  • exhumé — exhumé, ée (è gzu mé, mée) part. passé. Tiré de la sépulture. Un corps exhumé par autorité de justice.    Fig. Tiré de l oubli. Des souvenirs fâcheux exhumés mal à propos …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Exhume — Ex*hume , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhumed}p. pr. & vb. n.. {Exhuming}.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See {Humble}.] To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exhume — index disinter, remove (eliminate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • exhume — early 15c., from M.L. exhumare to unearth (13c.), from L. ex out of (see EX (Cf. ex )) + humare bury, from humus earth (see CHTHONIC (Cf. chthonic)). An alternative form was exhumate (1540s), taken directly from the M.L. Related: Exhume …   Etymology dictionary

  • exhume — [v] dig up, especially the dead disclose, disembalm, disentomb, disinhume, disinter, resurrect, reveal, unbury, uncharnel, unearth; concept 178 Ant. bury …   New thesaurus

  • exhumé — Exhumé, [exhum]ée. part …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • exhume — ► VERB ▪ dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground. DERIVATIVES exhumation noun. ORIGIN Latin exhumare, from humus ground …   English terms dictionary

  • exhume — [eks hyo͞om′, ik syo͞om′; eg zyo͞om′, igzyo͞om′] vt. exhumed, exhuming [ME exhumen < ML exhumare < L ex, out + humus, the ground: see HUMUS2] 1. to dig out of the earth; disinter 2. to bring to light; disclose; reveal exhumation [eks΄hyo͞o… …   English World dictionary

  • exhume — exhumation /eks hyoo may sheuhn/, n. exhumer, n. /ig zoohm , zyoohm , eks hyoohm /, v.t., exhumed, exhuming. 1. to dig (something buried, esp. a dead body) out of the earth; disinter. 2. to revive or restore after neglect or a period of… …   Universalium

  • exhume — UK [eksˈhjuːm] / US [ɪɡˈzum] verb [transitive] Word forms exhume : present tense I/you/we/they exhume he/she/it exhumes present participle exhuming past tense exhumed past participle exhumed formal to remove a dead person s body from where it is… …   English dictionary

  • exhume — transitive verb (exhumed; exhuming) Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin exhumare, from Latin ex out of + humus earth more at ex , humble Date: 15th century 1. disinter < exhume a body > 2. to bring back from neglect or obscurity …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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