disinter

Verb

Verb Forms: disinterred, disinterring, disinters

• To dig up something that has been buried; to exhume.
• dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
• To take out of the grave or tomb.
• To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.

Examples

• They had to disinter the old rulebook to settle the obscure dispute.

Synonyms

exhume, dig up, unbury

Antonyms

inter