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re-excavated

re-excavated is the simple past and past participle of re-excavate.

Meaning of re-excavate

Verb

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

  1. To excavate again.
    • In order, then, to improve the supply of drinking water, it is necessary to dig new tanks and clear and re-excavate old ones.1889, The Calcutta Review, volume 89, page 59

Questions about re-excavated

What is re-excavated the simple past and past participle of?
Re-excavated is the simple past and past participle of re-excavate.

Words near re-excavated in the dictionary

  1. re-examine
  2. re-examined
  3. re-examines
  4. re-examining
  5. re-excavate
  6. re-excavated
  7. re-excavates
  8. re-excavating
  9. re-excavation
  10. re-excavations
  11. re-experience

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