disinter (verb)

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• disinter — ► VERB (disinterred, disinterring) ▪ dig up (something buried). DERIVATIVES disinterment noun …   English terms dictionary

• disinter — I verb bare, bring from obscurity into view, bring out, deracinate, detect, dig out, dig up, dig up out of the earth, discover, disentomb, disinhume, display, draw forth, draw out, educe, effodere, elicit, eruere, evince, evoke, evulse, excavate …   Law dictionary

• disinter — verb /dɪsɪnˈtɛː(r)/ a) To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. 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… …   Wiktionary

• disinter — verb disinterred, disinterring (T) formal to dig a dead body from a grave opposite inter disinterment noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• disinter — UK [ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː(r)] / US [ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜr] verb [transitive] Word forms disinter : present tense I/you/we/they disinter he/she/it disinters present participle disinterring past tense disinterred past participle disinterred 1) to dig a dead body out of… …   English dictionary

• disinter — [[t]dɪ̱sɪntɜ͟ː(r)[/t]] disinters, disinterring, disinterred 1) VERB: usu passive When a dead body is disinterred, it is dug up from out of the ground. [be V ed] The bones were disinterred and moved to a burial site. 2) VERB If you disinter… …   English dictionary

• disinter — transitive verb Date: 1611 1. to take out of the grave or tomb 2. to bring back into awareness or prominence; also to bring to light ; unearth • disinterment noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• disinter — dis|in|ter [ ,dısın tɜr ] verb transitive 1. ) to dig a dead body out of the ground 2. ) FORMAL to start using something that has not been used or seen for a long time …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• disinter — [ˌdɪsɪn tə:] verb (disinters, disinterring, disinterred) dig up (something buried). Derivatives disinterment noun …   English new terms dictionary

• disinter — /dɪsɪnˈtɜ/ (say disin ter) verb (t) (disinterred, disinterring) 1. to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth. 2. to bring from obscurity into view. –disinterment, noun …  

• disinterment — disinter ► VERB (disinterred, disinterring) ▪ dig up (something buried). DERIVATIVES disinterment noun …   English terms dictionary