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excavate
What does excavate mean?
excavate (verb): recover through digging.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce excavate?
/ˈɛkskəˌveɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does excavate come from?
First attested in 1599, from Latin excavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of excavō (“to hollow out”), from ex (“out”) + cavō (“to hollow out, pierce”), from cavus (“cave, hole”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to excavate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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put into a bank account
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utter a sudden loud cry
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sell or transfer abroad
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recover through digging
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