Excavate

eks'ka-vat, v. To hollow out, form a cavity in, form by hollowing. [L. excavare, -vatum, f ex and cavus, hollow.] — Excava/tion, n. Act of, etc. a hollow formed by removing the interior. {Engin.) An open cutting in the earth, disting. fr. covered cutting or tunnel. — Excava'tor, -ter, n. Exceed, eks-sed^ v. To pa or go beyond to surpa , excel, transcend, —v. To go too far, pa proper bounds: to be more or larger. [OF. exceder, L. exceder -ce um, ex and cede.re, to go.] — Exceeding, -ingly, adv. In a very great degree unusually; surpa ingly; transcendently.— Exce '', n. State of surpa ing or exceeding limits; superfluity; undue indulgence of appetite; intemperance di ipation that which exceeds what usual or proper degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another remainder. — Exce ive, -iv, a. Marked by, etc. transgre ing laws of morality, prudence, propriety, ete. extreme vehement.— Exce ively, adv.