Meanings
verbexcave (third-person singular simple present excaves, present participle excaving, simple past and past participle excaved)
present singular third person excaves · participle present excaving · participle past excaved · past excaved
- obsoleteTo excavate.
the last 100 to 150 feet in depth of those valleys have, however, been excaved by the rivers
1868, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Some account of the Blackmore museum
Origin
- Latinexcavare
- Englishexcave
From Latin excavare.
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Rhymes with excave
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APA
excave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excave
MLA
“excave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excave. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excave,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excave.
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