˜yÐÄvlog

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cavate

[ key-veyt ]

adjective

  1. hollowed out, as a space excavated from rock:

    cavate cliff dwellings.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cavate1

1725–35; < Latin ³Š²¹±¹Äå³Ù³Ü²õ made hollow (past participle), equivalent to cav ( Äå°ù±ð ) to hollow + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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Example Sentences

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"He looks like an African native monkey with a black face, gaunt grey eyes, cavate nostrils, plump mouth and hairy rough ears," one North Korean was quoted in the Korean-language report.

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Cavalieri, Bonaventura: Sfera Astronomica, Lettore primario delle Matematiche nello studio di Bologna ... cavate da MS. dell'Autore da Antonio Manari.

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Rime di Michel-Angelo Buonarroti, cavate dagli autografi e publicate da Cesare Guasti.

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Every mesa had at least one ancient pueblo upon it, evidently far more ancient than the cavate dwellings found in the face of the cliffs.

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It is therefore evident that the cavate dwellings of the Santa Clara region belong to a people still extant; that they are not of great antiquity, and do not give evidence of a prehistoric and now extinct race.

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