Unbury

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To dig up, to remove from the ground.

Synonyms

disinter exhume

Etymology

From Middle English unburien, unbirien, from Old English *unbyrġan (compare Old English unbyrġed (“unburied”)), equivalent to un- + bury.

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