exhumatev.
/ˈɛkshjuːmeɪt/ = exhume v. literal and figurative.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > exhumation > exhume or disentomb [verb (transitive)]
undelve1340
unbury14..
exhumate1548
untomb1594
detomb1607
disentomb1611
disinter1611
distomb1629
deter1632
undig1641
ungrave1664
exhume1783
disinhume1821
dishume1854
unsepulchre1856
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > by searching or tracking down > and bring to light
to search outc1425
to hunt out1576
unrip?1576
to ferret out1577
to fetch up1608
fish1632
prog1655
rummage1797
rout1814
exhume1819
excavate1840
ferret up1847
unearth1863
fossick?1870
exhumate1881
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxi The kyng hearyng his subiect to be exhumate & brent without his knowlege.
1619 T. Lushington Serm. in Phenix (1708) II. 480 The Women gave the Watch-word to the Disciples, who immediately do exhumate his Body.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 175 His [Wiclif's] Body was Exhumated and Burnt.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 272 The present Sermon-maker would needs exhumate poor Fryar John.
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Dr. Hitchcock).
1881 Good Words 22 45/1 The writer whose hands are cramped with the pen will draw his legs from under the desk, and..exhumating his knapsack, dry with a winter's dust, [will] make straight for the mountain.
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