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| ex·hume [ ig zm, ig zym, ik sym ] (past and past participle ex·humed, present participle ex·hum·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·humes) |
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1. dig up a body: to dig up a corpse from a grave
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2. reintroduce something: to reveal, reestablish, or refer again to something long forgotten or neglected
  Cultures are reinvented and dead traditions exhumed for the tourists.
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| [15th century. < medieval Latin exhumare< humare "bury" < Latin humus "ground, earth"] |
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