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Definition: DISINTERRING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To unearth, exhume or uncap. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To dig, excavate, scoop, delve or gouge.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Present participle conjugation of the verb disinter.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(disinter)
1. Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies.[Wordnet].
2. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.[Websters].
3. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: disinterring, disinterred, disinters, disinterrer, disinterrers, disinterringly and disinterredly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Disinterring" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: DISINTERRING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Taking out of the earth, or out of a grave.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of disinter. (references)

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Definition: DISINTERRING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To unearth, exhume or uncap. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To dig, excavate, scoop, delve or gouge.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Present participle conjugation of the verb disinter.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(disinter)
1. Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies.[Wordnet].
2. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.[Websters].
3. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: disinterring, disinterred, disinters, disinterrer, disinterrers, disinterringly and disinterredly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "DISINTERRING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: DISINTERRING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Taking out of the earth, or out of a grave.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of disinter. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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