Ex·cuss v. t.
  1. To shake off; to discard. [R.]
     To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds.   --Bp. Stillingfleet.
  2. To inspect; to investigate; to decipher. [R.]
     To take some pains in excusing some old monuments.   --F. Junius (1654).
  3. To seize and detain by law, as goods. [Obs.]
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