Both Uses of
exhume
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Moreover, the artist's eerie eccentricities projected an admittedly demonic aura: Da Vinci exhumed corpses to study human anatomy; he kept mysterious journals in illegible reverse handwriting; he believed he possessed the alchemic power to turn lead into gold and even cheat God by creating an elixir to postpone death; and his inventions included horrific, never-before-imagined weapons of war and torture.†
Chpt 8
- Da Vinci actually exhumed corpses to measure the exact proportions of human bone structure.†
Chpt 19-20 *
Definition:
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(exhume) to unbury a corpse -- typically for medical investigation or reburial elsewhere