disinter

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/

Verb

disinter (disinters, present participle disinterring; past and past participle disinterred)

1. To take out of the grave or tomb.

   Synonyms: unbury, exhume, dig up

2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.
   • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

     At this moment, however, the rooms bore every mark of having been recently and hurriedly ransacked; clothes lay about the floor, with their pockets inside out; lock-fast drawers stood open; and on the hearth there lay a pile of grey ashes, as though many papers had been burned. From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire.

Antonyms

• (take out of a grave) inter

Translations

• Italian: esumare
• Portuguese: desenterrar, exumar
• Russian: выкапывать
• Spanish: desenterrar

Translations

• Italian: dissotterrare
• Portuguese: desenterrar
• Russian: откапывать

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