disentombv.
/dɪsɪnˈtuːm/ transitive. To take out of the tomb; (transferred and figurative) to take (anything) out of that in which it is buried or hidden away; to disinter, unearth.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > exhumation > exhume or disentomb [verb (transitive)]
undelve1340
unbury14..
exhumate1548
untomb1594
detomb1607
disentomb1611
disinter1611
distomb1629
deter1632
undig1641
ungrave1664
exhume1783
disinhume1821
dishume1854
unsepulchre1856
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disepelire, to vnburie, disintombe.
1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 370 A mad vanity of Nobility of race, which causeth many to dig out, and disentombe their Grand-Sires, as it were, from the ashes of old Troy.
1834 T. De Quincey S. T. Coleridge in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 594/1 Worlds of fine thinking lie buried in that vast abyss, never to be disentombed.
1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xxi. 659 A mummy..which we saw disentombed.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. 527 Mr. Freeman..disentombed a great part of the early history of England.
Derivatives
disentombed adj. /-ˈtuːmd/
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society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [adjective] > dug or excavated
wroughtOE
underdolven1382
holkedc1420
cast1487
mineda1500
pioneda1616
uneartheda1625
delved1673
disentombed1871
dugout1886
1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley iii. 78 The disentombed remains of Herculaneum.
disentombment n. /ˈtuːmmənt/ the act of disentombing.
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society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > digging or excavating
delfeOE
gravinga1340
pioning1590
spitting1594
spading1647
effossion1657
earthwork1796
exfodiation1823
disentombment1859
earth moving1866
delve1869
dig1887
1859 S. Smiles Self-help iii. 55 The disentombment of the Nineveh marbles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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