Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To dig up or remove from a grave or tomb; exhume.
- transitive verb To bring to public notice; disclose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take out of a grave or out of the earth; exhume: as, to
disinter a dead body. - To take out as if from a grave; bring from obscurity into view.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.
- transitive verb To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to
exhume ; to dig up. - verb To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dear friend, 'disinter' anybody or anything you please, but don't disinter _me_, unless you mean the ghost of my vexation to vex you ever after.
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Dear friend, 'disinter' anybody or anything you please, but don't disinter me, unless you mean the ghost of my vexation to vex you ever after.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Kenyon, Frederic G 1898
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Two major local Tea Party leaders, Chuck Pinkey and Jim Losie, who said the issue has nothing to do with the Tea Party, and personally repudiated Mr. McCarthy's original determination to disinter the two graves.
Andrew Reinbach: Small Town Islamophobia: Sidney, NY Town Supervisor Refuses to Apologize to Muslims, Ignites Firestorm Andrew Reinbach 2010
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It is time to disinter the facts and thus destroy once and for all The Big State.
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Two major local Tea Party leaders, Chuck Pinkey and Jim Losie, who said the issue has nothing to do with the Tea Party, and personally repudiated Mr. McCarthy's original determination to disinter the two graves.
Andrew Reinbach: Small Town Islamophobia: Sidney, NY Town Supervisor Refuses to Apologize to Muslims, Ignites Firestorm Andrew Reinbach 2010
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Developers wanted to disinter all the remains and move them to another cemetery to make way for the parking lot.
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Yon, who is also a veteran, contacted Carriage Services and said the company agreed to disinter
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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It is time to disinter the facts and thus destroy once and for all The Big State.
Archive 2009-08-30 2009
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Developers wanted to disinter all the remains and move them to another cemetery to make way for the parking lot.
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Developers wanted to disinter all the remains and move them to another cemetery to make way for the parking lot.
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