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exhume

ex·hume [ ig zm, ig zym, ik sym ] (past and past participle ex·humed, present participle ex·hum·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·humes)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. dig up a body: to dig up a corpse from a grave

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.

[15th century. < medieval Latin exhumare< humare "bury" < Latin humus "ground, earth"]

ex·hu·ma·tion [ èksyoo máysh'n, èksoo máysh'n, ègzoo máysh'n, ègzyoo máysh'n ] noun
ex·hum·er [ ig zmər, ig zymər ] noun
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