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Definition of Disinter

1. Verb. Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies.

Definition of Disinter

1. v. t. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.

Definition of Disinter

1. Verb. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. ¹

2. Verb. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disinter

1. to exhume [v -TERRED, -TERRING, -TERS] - See also: exhume

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Literary usage of Disinter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sketches of History, Life, and Manners, in the United States by Anne Newport Royall (1826)
"... struck by the editor of the New-York Mirror, Mr. Morris, a young man of no ordinary endowments, of pleasing manners and disinter- ested generosity. ..."

2. Gleanings by the Way by John Alonzo Clark (1842)
"... the Mormon prophet— His early history—First pretended revelation—His marriage—Chest containing the golden Bible—Attempts to disinter ..."

3. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1877)
"... and others, went out to one of the great burial-grounds to disinter their relations and friends, taking with them bread, water-melons, &c., for them. ..."

4. The Apostolic Fathers: A Revised Text with Introductions, Notes by Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1890)
"... but perhaps future excavations may disinter it § 16. POSTHUMOUS HONOURS AA'D ... disinter ..."

5. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1902)
"He ventures to disinter from this limbo one of the versions then made, called The Robe of ... disinter ..."

6. Excursions in Italy by James Fenimore Cooper (1838)
"Gradual disinter- ment of the Town.—The Sarno.—Herculaneum.—Theatre and other ancient Remains.—Droll Exhibition of royal Etiquette. ..."

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