MetaGlossary.com: Exhume

Keywords: Disinter, Dig, Burial, Reburial, Investigation

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To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

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

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To dig up human remains, possibly for medical or legal investigation.

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To dig up the remains; to remove from the place of burial.

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To disinter, excavate, reveal or restore. Used in the book to refer to geologic structures buried by glacial debris and subsequently revealed again by weathering and erosion.

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See Disinter.

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