excave

See also: excavé

English

Etymology

Latin excavare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈskeɪv/

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To excavate.
   • 1868, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Some account of the Blackmore museum:

     the last 100 to 150 feet in depth of those valleys have, however, been excaved by the rivers

References

• “excave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Verb

excave

1. inflection of excaver:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

excave

1. inflection of excavar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative