Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take from the tomb; disinter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To take from the
tomb ; toexhume ; todisinter .
Etymologies
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un- + tomb
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Examples
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The fair Rachel has been trying to revive this genre, and to untomb Racine; but be not alarmed, Racine will never come to life again, and cause audiences to weep as of yore.
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The fair Rachel has been trying to revive this genre, and to untomb Racine; but be not alarmed, Racine will never come to life again, and cause audiences to weep as of yore.
The Paris Sketch Book William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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