excuss
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of excuss
1560–70; < Latin excussus, past participle of excutere to shake out, drive out, send forth, equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + -cussus, combining form of quassus, past participle of quatere to shake; disturb
Example Sentences
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I was for til excuss, I had some excuse.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
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