exhuming

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Exhume \Ex*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhumed}p. pr. & vb. n..
   {Exhuming}.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil:
   cf. F. exhumer. See {Humble}.]
   To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial;
   to disinter. --Mantell.
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