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Exhume

Ex-hume′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exhumed
p. pr. & vb. n.
.
Exhuming
.]
[LL.
exhumare
; L.
ex
out +
humus
ground, soil: cf. F.
exhumer
. See
Humble
.]
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
Mantell.

Definition 2024


exhume

exhume

See also: exhumé

English

Verb

exhume (third-person singular simple present exhumes, present participle exhuming, simple past and past participle exhumed)

  1. To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
    The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.

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French

Verb

exhume

  1. first-person singular present indicative of exhumer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of exhumer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of exhumer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of exhumer
  5. second-person singular imperative of exhumer

Spanish

Verb

exhume

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of exhumar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of exhumar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of exhumar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of exhumar.