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disinhume

disinhume verb: to disinter; to dig up from the earth.

Verb

disinhume (third-person singular simple present disinhumes, present participle disinhuming, simple past and past participle disinhumed)

  1. (archaic) To disinter; to dig up from the earth.

Forms of disinhume

third-person singular presentdisinhumes
present participledisinhuming
past participledisinhumed
pastdisinhumed

Origin of disinhume

From dis- + inhume.

Questions about disinhume

What does disinhume mean?
Disinhume means to disinter; to dig up from the earth.
What part of speech is disinhume?
Disinhume is a verb.
What is the past tense of disinhume?
The past tense of disinhume is disinhumed.

Words near disinhume in the dictionary

  1. disinhibitions
  2. disinhibitor
  3. disinhibitors
  4. disinhibitory
  5. disinhibits
  6. disinhume
  7. disinhumed
  8. disinhumes
  9. disinhuming
  10. disinsect
  11. disinsected

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