undig

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To undo the process of digging; to fill up (a hole or grave) or bury again (something unearthed).

   1824-1832, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village Tom Cordery dead! the words seem almost a contradiction. One is tempted to send for the sexton and the undertaker, to undig the grave, to force open the coffin-lid — there must he some mistake.

From un- + dig.

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