To remove something or someone from a tomb or burial place; to bring forth from the grave.
From dis- (reverse) + entomb (from en- + tomb, from Greek tymbos). The word reverses the act of placing in a tomb.
Archaeologists literally disentomb ancient treasures and mummies, and the word has a poetic quality—as if bringing forgotten history back to life with each excavation.
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