exhume

Meaning

  1. To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
  2. To uncover; to bring to light.

Frequency

34k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛks.ˈ(h)juːm/
Etymology

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

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