Past tense of exhume
regular verb
The past tense of exhume is exhumed. The past participle is also exhumed.
Forms of exhume
| Base form (V1) | exhume /ɛksˈ(h)juːm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | exhumed |
| Past participle (V3) | exhumed |
| Present participle | exhuming |
| Third person singular | exhumes |
Exhumed in a sentence
- The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.
- Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 126
Meaning of exhume
- verb To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
- verb To uncover; to bring to light.
Questions about the past tense of exhume
- What is the past tense of exhume?
- The past tense of exhume is exhumed.
- What is the past participle of exhume?
- The past participle of exhume is exhumed.
- Is exhume a regular or irregular verb?
- Exhume is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exhume (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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