Undelve

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To reveal by delving; to dig up.

    "I know were I to pierce that hide I would undelve intestine, bolus, bile, blood, paramecia — and yet the breathing animal body bears more, which now I crave."

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"I know were I to pierce that hide I would undelve intestine, bolus, bile, blood, paramecia — and yet the breathing animal body bears more, which now I crave."

Etymology

From un- + delve.

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dig up

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