exhume

Definition

To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel."
• "Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill."
• "Long dead traditions are exhumed just for the tourists."