different between excavate vs excave

English

Etymology 1

Known since 1599, from Latin excav?tus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of excav? (“hollow out”), from ex (“out”) + cav? (“make a hole”), from cavus (“cave, hole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k.sk?.ve?t/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
2. (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
3. (transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.

Related terms

• excavation
• excavator

Translations

Etymology 2

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Noun

excavate (plural excavates)

1. (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “excavate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Latin

Verb

excav?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of excav?

English

Etymology

Latin excavare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ske?v/

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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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. third-person singular present subjunctive of excaver
5. second-person singular imperative of excaver

Spanish

Verb

excave

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.