excavate

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[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)

  1. (transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
  2. (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
  3. (transitive) 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

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of excavō
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