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re-excavating

re-excavating is the present 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-excavating

What is re-excavating the present participle of?
Re-excavating is the present participle of re-excavate.

Words near re-excavating in the dictionary

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

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