Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exhume \Ex*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhumed}p. pr. & vb. n..
   {Exhuming}.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil:
   cf. F. exhumer. See {Humble}.]
   To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial;
   to disinter. --Mantell.

Source : WordNet®

exhume
     v : dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead
         bodies [syn: {disinter}]