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Exhume

//ɛkˈs(j)um// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. transitive

    "The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel."

  2. 2
    dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies wordnet
  3. 3
    To uncover; to bring to light. figuratively, transitive

    "Long dead traditions are exhumed just for the tourists."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

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