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disinters

disinters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disinter.

Meaning of disinter

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

Questions about disinters

What is disinters the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disinters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disinter.

Words near disinters in the dictionary

  1. disintermediators
  2. disinterment
  3. disinterments
  4. disinterred
  5. disinterring
  6. disinters
  7. disinthral
  8. disinthrall
  9. disinthralled
  10. disinthralling
  11. disinthrallment

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