exhume
[ ig-zoom, -zyoom, eks-hyoom ]
/ ɪgˈzum, -ˈzyum, ɛksˈhyum /
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.
Origin of exhume
1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin
exhumāre, equivalent to Latin
ex-
ex-1 +
humāre to inter
OTHER WORDS FROM exhume
ex·hu·ma·tion [eks-hyoo-mey-shuh n] /ˌɛks hyʊˈmeɪ ʃən/, noun ex·hum·er, noun un·ex·humed, adjectiveWords nearby exhume
exhilaration,
exhilarative,
exhort,
exhortation,
exhortative,
exhume,
exigeant,
exigency,
exigent,
exigible,
exiguous
Example sentences from the Web for exhume
British Dictionary definitions for exhume
exhume
/ (ɛksˈhjuːm) /
verb (tr)
to dig up (something buried, esp a corpse); disinter
to reveal; disclose; unearth
don't exhume that old argument
Derived forms of exhume
exhumation (ˌɛkshjʊˈmeɪʃən), noun exhumer, nounWord Origin for exhume
C18: from Medieval Latin
exhumāre, from Latin
ex-
1 +
humāre to bury, from
humus the ground