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Exhume is defined as to dig up a body from the ground, or to bring back something that was formerly hidden or unknown.

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When you need to dig up the body of someone who was buried a year ago because it turns out that she may have been murdered and you need to get evidence, this is an example of when you exhume.
When a museum worker finds an old scroll in the museum's warehouse and puts it on display, this is an example of how the worker exumes the scroll.

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See exhume in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb exhumed, exhuming

to dig out of the earth; disinter
to bring to light; disclose; reveal

Origin: ME exhumen < ML exhumare < L ex, out + humus, the ground: see humus

Related Forms:

exhumation noun

See exhume in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ex·humed, ex·hum·ing, ex·humes

To remove from a grave; disinter.
To bring to light, especially after a period of obscurity.

Origin:

Origin: French exhumer

Origin: , from Medieval Latin exhumāre

Origin: : Latin ex-, ex-

Origin: + Latin humus, ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

exˌhu·maˈtion (ĕgˌzyo͞o-māˈshən, ĕksˌhyo͞o-) noun

ex·humˈer noun

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