exhumation

UK: /ˌɛgzjuːˈmeɪʃ^ən/

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ex•hume /ɪgˈzum, -ˈzyum, ɛksˈhyum/   v. [~ + object] , -humed, -hum•ing. 

1. to remove from the earth; disinter:
   The judge ordered the corpse to be exhumed and re-examined.

ex•hu•ma•tion /ˌɛkshyʊˈmeɪʃən/  n. [countable* uncountable] See -hum-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•hume  (ig zo̅o̅m′, -zyo̅o̅m′, eks hyo̅o̅m′), v.t., -humed, -hum•ing. 

1. to dig (something buried, esp. a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
2. to revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting;
   bring to light:
   to exhume a literary reputation; to exhume old letters.

• Medieval Latin exhumāre, equivalent. to Latin ex- ex-¹ + humāre to inter
• late Middle English 1400–50

ex•hu•ma•tion  (eks′hyŏŏ mā′shən), n.  ex•hum′er, n.