excave

See also excavé

English

Etymology

Latin excavare.

Verb

excave (third-person singular simple present excaves, present participle excaving, simple past and past participle excaved)

1. (obsolete) To excavate.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Verb

excave

1. first-person singular present indicative of excaver
2. third-person singular present indicative of excaver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of excaver
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of excaver
5. second-person singular imperative of excaver

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Spanish

Verb

excave (infinitive excavar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of excavar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of excavar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of excavar.