verb
disinter
Disinter (verb) means to dig up a body that has been buried.
verb
1
To dig up a body that has been buried.
2
To bring something hidden or forgotten back into view.
"In his lectures he is equally wide-ranging and allusive, making strange links and analogies between apparently unrelated texts and ideas, and disinterring etymologies which writers cannot have been aware of."
— Robert Potts, The poet at play (2001)
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What is the meaning of disinter?
"disinter" (verb) means to dig up a body that has been buried.
What is another word for disinter?
Other words for "disinter" include exhume.
What is the opposite of disinter?
Opposites of "disinter" include inter, entomb, bury.
What are the different meanings of disinter?
"disinter" has 2 main meanings: 1. To dig up a body that has been buried; 2. To bring something hidden or forgotten back into view.
