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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.