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v. - Dig up and remove from a grave or crypt.

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  • A few minutes sufficed to disentomb the skeleton, for the men sympathised with their young comrade, and worked with all their energies.
  • A few minutes sufficed to disentomb the skeleton, for the men sympathized with their young comrade, and worked with all their energies.
  • The result was literally overwhelming, for in a moment he was almost buried in snow, to the unutterable delight of his sister, who stood screaming with laughter as the...
  • Nineveh, in a direction a very little east of north, stands the ruin known as Khorsabad, from a small village which formerly occupied its summit -- the scene of the labors of...
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