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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•hume /ɪgˈzum, -ˈzyum, ɛksˈhyum/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -humed, -hum•ing. - to remove from the earth; disinter:The judge ordered the corpse to be exhumed and re-examined.
ex•hu•ma•tion /ˌɛkshyʊˈmeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable* uncountable]See -hum-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•hume (ig zo̅o̅m′, -zyo̅o̅m′, eks hyo̅o̅m′),USA pronunciation v.t., -humed, -hum•ing. - to dig (something buried, esp. a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
- to revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting;
bring to light:to exhume a literary reputation; to exhume old letters.
- Medieval Latin exhumāre, equivalent. to Latin ex- ex-1 + humāre to inter
- late Middle English 1400–50
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