| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To shake off; to discard.[Websters]
2. To inspect; to investigate; to decipher.[Websters] 3. To seize and detain by law, as goods.[Websters] 4. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: excussing, excussed, excusses, excusser, excussers, excussingly and excussedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXCUSS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Excuss \Ex*cuss"\, transitive verb. [Latin expression excussus. present participle of excutere to shake off; ex out, from quatere to shake. Compare to Quash.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXCUSS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To shake off; also, to seize and detain by law. [Not used.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (Obsolete) To shake off. (references) | 2: [Verb] (Uncommon) To examine (a document). (references) | 3: [Verb] To proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties. The surety claimed relief in terms of the beneficium excussionis, thus obliging the creditor to excuss against the principal debtor. (references) |
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