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Definition: EXCAVE

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To excavate.[Websters]
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: excaving, excaved, excaves, excaver, excavers, excavingly and excavedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Excave" is a common misspelling or typo for: exclave.

Date "Excave" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Excave \Ex*cave"\, transitive verb. [Latin expression excavare.]. (references)

Definition: EXCAVE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To excavate.[Websters]
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: excaving, excaved, excaves, excaver, excavers, excavingly and excavedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "EXCAVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Excave \Ex*cave"\, transitive verb. [Latin expression excavare.]. (references)