Exhume

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exhume \Ex*hume"\, v. 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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exhume
       v : dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead
           bodies [syn: {disinter}]