exhume Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
    disinter.

WordNet

Ex*hume" transitive verb
Etymology
LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See Humble.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Exhumed present participle & verbal noun Exhuming
Definitions
  1. To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.

Webster 1913