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exhume - Dictionary definition and meaning for exhume

EXHUME

(verb) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
synonyms : disinter

Mnemonics for exhume

(Tag: ) ex meaning out and hume sounds similar to human...so exhume is to take out the human body from the grave.
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(Tag: English) (ex)-out+(hume)-humous... thus dig out
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(Tag: English) (ex)-out (hume)-humous,earth. thus to dig out from the earth
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(Tag: ) exhume.....sounds like exam.......so digging up the grave for the medical examination of the dead body............... below is picture where a soldier's body is reburied by other soldiers.....
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Origin

From medieval Latin exhumare, from humare “to bury,” from humus “ground, earth” (source of English humus, humiliate, and humble ).] added by bimal03

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