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exhume

ex·hume

UK/ɛksˈ(h)juːm/ US/ɪɡˈzjuːm/ uncommon

verb

1.

dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies

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Origin

From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

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