different between exhume vs humation

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin exhum?, from Latin ex- + hum? (“to to bury”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ks.?(h)ju?m/, /??.?zju?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?.s(j)um/, /???z(j)um/

Verb

exhume (third-person singular simple present exhumes, present participle exhuming, simple past and past participle exhumed)

1. (transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

   The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To uncover; to bring to light.
   • 2009, S. E. Wilmer, Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories (page 47)

     Memorial was permeated by a sense of mission, a moral imperative to exhume the truth and display it to the eyes of its compatriots, whatever feelings of shame, outrage, denial, or shock might ensue.

Synonyms

• dig up, disinter, unbury, unearth

Antonyms

• bury, inhume, inter

Derived terms

• exhumation
• exhumer

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.zym/

Verb

exhume

1. first-person singular present indicative of exhumer
2. third-person singular present indicative of exhumer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of exhumer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of exhumer
5. second-person singular imperative of exhumer

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e???ume/, [e????u.me]

Verb

exhume

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of exhumar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of exhumar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of exhumar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of exhumar.

English

Etymology

Latin humatio, French humare "to inter", compare French humus "earth"

Noun

humation (plural humations)

1. (archaic) burial, internment, inhumation; by association, death

Related terms

• exhume
• posthumous

Translations

References

The Oxford English Dictionary