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disentomb

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To remove from a tomb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter IX, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt [...] the three men emerged into the open air in a queer looking depression about thirty feet deep. The sun shone into it fiercely, and the disentombed travellers were nearly blinded by its effulgence.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exhume, disinter, untomb, ungrave

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English entomb English disentomb From dis- + entomb.