Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Exhume"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exhume
v : dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead
bodies [syn: {disinter}]
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