exhume

(ĭg-zūm', -zyūm', ĭk-syūm', ĕks-hyūm')
tr.v., -humed, -hum·ing, -humes.

1. To remove from a grave; disinter.
2. To bring to light, especially after a period of obscurity.

[French exhumer, from Medieval Latin exhumāre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin humus, ground.]

exhumation ex'hu·ma'tion (ĕg'zyū-mā'shən, ĕks'hyū-) n.
exhumer ex·hum'er n.

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Definition: dig up
Antonyms: bury

IN BRIEF: To dig out of the earth something that has been buried.

They had to exhume the time capsule after it had been buried for fifty years.

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• Burial and Funerals - exhumation: digging up of corpse from grave

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - opgrave, grave frem

Nederlands (Dutch)
opgraven, uit de vergetelheid halen, aan het licht brengen

Français (French)
v. tr. - exhumer

Deutsch (German)
v. - exhumieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεθάβω

Italiano (Italian)
esumare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - exumar

Русский (Russian)
эксгумировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - exhumar, desenterrar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gräva upp, dra fram

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
掘出, 发掘

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 掘出, 發掘

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 발굴하다, 공개하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 発掘する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخرج جثه من القبر, ينبش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוציא מהקבר‬

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