excavate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Known since 1599, from Latin excavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of excavō (“hollow out”), from ex (“out”) + cavō (“make a hole”), from cavus (“cave, hole”).
[edit] Verb
excavate (third-person singular simple present excavates, present participle excavating, simple past and past participle excavated)
- (transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
- (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
- (transitive) To uncover (something) by removing its covering.
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[edit] Translations
to make a hole in (something); to hollow
to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out
to uncover (something) by removing its covering
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[edit] References
- “excavate” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
excavāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of excavō
