re-excavate

verb

To excavate again.

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Meanings

verbre-excavate (third-person singular simple present re-excavates, present participle re-excavating, simple past and past participle re-excavated)

present singular third person re-excavates · participle present re-excavating · participle past re-excavated · past re-excavated

  1. To excavate again.

    In order, then, to improve the supply of drinking water, it is necessary to dig new tanks and clear and re-excavate old ones.

    1889, The Calcutta Review, volume 89, page 59
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    Several reports in the literature indicate that these birds are well adapted to this condition and re-excavate burrows quickly.

    1974, Space Shuttle Program, Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB): Environmental Impact Statement, page F-34

    The plan to re-excavate was beset with problems: practical access was difficult (impossible by car), the whole area was desisgnate a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Area of Conservation.

    2020 February 27, Howard Williams, Pauline Magdalene Clarke, Digging into the Dark Ages: Early Medieval Public Archaeologies, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, page 159

Origin

From re- + excavate.

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