Defn: The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.
EXHUME
Ex*hume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumed p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming.]
Etym: [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer.
See Humble.]
Defn: To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.
EXICCATE
Ex"ic*cate, v. t.
Defn: See Exsiccate. [Obs.] Holland.
EXICCATION
Ex`ic*ca"tion, n.
Defn: See Exsiccation. [Obs.]
EXIGENCE
Ex"i*gence, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Exigency. Hooker.
EXIGENCY Ex"i*gen*cy, n.;pl. Exigencies. Etym: [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.]