disinter
verb /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː(r)/
/ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːr/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disinter | /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː(r)/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːr/ |
| he / she / it disinters | /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːz/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːrz/ |
| past simple disinterred | /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːd/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːrd/ |
| past participle disinterred | /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːd/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːrd/ |
| -ing form disinterring | /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːrɪŋ/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːrɪŋ/ |
- disinter something to dig up something, especially a dead body, from the ground opposite inter
- disinter something (from something) to find something that has been hidden or lost for a long time
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French désenterrer, from dis- (expressing reversal) + enterrer ‘to inter’.