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untomb

untomb verb: to take (something, especially a body) from a tomb.

Verb

untomb (third-person singular simple present untombs, present participle untombing, simple past and past participle untombed)

  1. (transitive) To take (something, especially a body) from a tomb.
    • [P]erchance the Turks are minded as John King of England was, who being wiſhed by a Courtier to untombe the bones of one who whileſt he was living had been his great enemy, Oh no, ſaid King John, would all mine enemies were as honourably buried.1639, Thomas Fuller, “Godfreys Death and Buriall”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John...
  2. to reveal (something hidden)

Forms of untomb

third-person singular presentuntombs
present participleuntombing
past participleuntombed
pastuntombed

Origin of untomb

From un- + tomb.

Questions about untomb

What does untomb mean?
Untomb means to take (something, especially a body) from a tomb.
What part of speech is untomb?
Untomb is a verb.
What is the past tense of untomb?
The past tense of untomb is untombed.

Words near untomb in the dictionary

  1. untoleranced
  2. untolerated
  3. untolerised
  4. untolerized
  5. untolled
  6. untomb
  7. untombed
  8. untombing
  9. untomboyish
  10. untombs
  11. untoned

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