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单词 disinterment
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disintermentn.

Etymology: < disinter v. + -ment suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disinˈterment.
1. The action of disinterring; exhumation.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > exhumation > [noun]
disinterment1790
exhumation1797
unburial1872
unburying1899
1790 P. Neve (title) A Narrative of the Disinterment of Milton's Coffin.
1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 764 The disinterment of Harold's body.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 60 The disinterment of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
2. concrete. The material result or product of disinterring; something disinterred.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > that which is found
disinterment1825
grave-find1866
archaeology1876
earth fill1929
fill1952
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > finding and bringing to light > that which is
disinterment1825
1825 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 56 526 Among the most curious disinterments are vases for heating water.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 150 Our most skilful delver into dramatic history [sc. Robert Crowley], amidst his curious masses of disinterments, has brought up this proclamation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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