Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to excavate
Participle: excavated
Gerund: excavating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | excavate |
| you | excavate |
| he;she;it | excavates |
| we | excavate |
| you | excavate |
| they | excavate |
Perfect
| I | have excavated |
| you | have excavated |
| he;she;it | has excavated |
| we | have excavated |
| you | have excavated |
| they | have excavated |
Past
| I | excavated |
| you | excavated |
| he;she;it | excavated |
| we | excavated |
| you | excavated |
| they | excavated |
Pluperfect
| I | had excavated |
| you | had excavated |
| he;she;it | had excavated |
| we | had excavated |
| you | had excavated |
| they | had excavated |
Future
| I | will excavate |
| you | will excavate |
| he;she;it | will excavate |
| we | will excavate |
| you | will excavate |
| they | will excavate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have excavated |
| you | will have excavated |
| he;she;it | will have excavated |
| we | will have excavated |
| you | will have excavated |
| they | will have excavated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | excavate |
| you | excavate |
| he;she;it | excavate |
| we | excavate |
| you | excavate |
| they | excavate |
Perfect
| I | have excavated |
| you | have excavated |
| he;she;it | have excavated |
| we | have excavated |
| you | have excavated |
| they | have excavated |
Imperfect
| I | excavated |
| you | excavated |
| he;she;it | excavated |
| we | excavated |
| you | excavated |
| they | excavated |
Pluperfect
| I | had excavated |
| you | had excavated |
| he;she;it | had excavated |
| we | had excavated |
| you | had excavated |
| they | had excavated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would excavate |
| you | would excavate |
| he;she;it | would excavate |
| we | would excavate |
| you | would excavate |
| they | would excavate |
Perfect
| I | would have excavated |
| you | would have excavated |
| he;she;it | would have excavated |
| we | would have excavated |
| you | would have excavated |
| they | would have excavated |
Imperative
| you | excavate |
| we | Let's excavate |
| you | excavate |
Verbs conjugated like 'excavate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'excavate'
escalate,
exarate,
excarnate,
excave,
excecate,
excitate,
excreate,
exhalate,
concavate,
educamate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1599, from L. excavatus, pp. of excavare "to hollow out," from ex- "out" + cavare "to hollow," from cavus "cave."
2. First attested in 1599, from Latin excavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of excavō (“to hollow out”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex (“out”) + cavō (“to hollow out, pierce”), from cavus (“cave, hole”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Verbs referencing "excavate"
Ido exkavar.
Sample Sentences