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Exhume - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Exhume : (verb)
1: dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead
bodies [syn: disinter]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Exhume : \Ex*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumedp. 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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