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excuss

excuss is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To inspect; to investigate; to decipher. [R.] To take some pains in excusing some old monuments. F. Junius (1654).
  2. 2.To seize and detain by law, as goods. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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