disentomb en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. 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.
Meanings
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To remove from a tomb.
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.
He passed through the doorway into the back room, where several customers disentombed lost novels from the deep shelves.
2003, Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis, New York: Scribner:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disentombing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disentombed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disentombed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| disentombs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |