disinterring

Verb

disinter (third-person singular simple present disinters, present participle disinterring, simple past and past participle disinterred)

1. (transitive) To take out of the grave or tomb.

   Synonyms:

   unbury, exhume, dig up

   Antonyms:

   inter

2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.
   • Why disinter dead faith from mouldering hidden?1870, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night