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disinter(dictionary)

ah(1) (iou) and disinter (iou)


ah(1) (iou)



ah interjection, noun, & verb. [¨»:] As interjection also (earlier, now rare) a. ME.
[Old French a(h) (mod. ah); cf. Italian, Spanish ah, Latin a(h), Greek a(a), etc.]
A. interjection. Expr.: sorrow, regret; entreaty, remonstrance; surprise, pleasure, admiration; realization, discovery; dislike, boredom, contempt, mockery. ME.
Shakespeare 2 Henry VI Ah, villain, thou wilt betray me. Tennyson Ah! when shall all men's good Be each man's rule. Yeats Ah me! I cannot reach them. Scott Fitzgerald 'Ah,' she cried, 'you look so cool.' T. Stoppard Ah!I knew there was something.
b. noun. An utterance of 'ah!'. E18.
C. verb intrans. Say 'ah!'. L19.
? See also OOH noun, verb.

disinter (iou)



disinter verb trans. E17.
[French desenterrer, from des- DIS- 2 + enterrer INTER verb.]
Remove (a buried object) from the ground; exhume. E17.
Sir T. Browne To disenterre the bodies of the deceased.
Take out as if from a tomb; bring out of concealment. E18.
G. Greene How can I disinter the human character from the heavy scene?