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<hw>Ex*cuse"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology.</def>

<i>Whillock.</i>

<h1>Excusement</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*cuse"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>excusement</ets>.]</ety> <def>Excuse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Excuser</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*cus"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who excuses or forgives another.</def>

<i>Shelton.</i>

<h1>Excuss</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*cuss"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excussus</ets>. p. p. of <ets>excutere</ets> to shake off; <ets>ex</ets> out, from + <ets>quatere</ets> to shake. Cf. <er>Quash</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shake off; to discard.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>excuss</b> the notation of a Geity out of their minds. <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To inspect; to investigate; to decipher.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>To take some pains in excusing some old monuments. <i>F. Junius (1654).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To seize and detain by law, as goods.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Excussion</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*cus"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excussio a</ets> shaking down; LL., a threshing of corn: cf. F. <ets>excussion</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of excusing; seizure by law.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Exeat</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"e*at</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., let him go forth.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A license for absence from a college or a religious house.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Execrable</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"e*cra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>execrabilis</ets>, <ets>exsecrabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ex\'82crable</ets>. See <er>Execrate</er>.]</ety> <def>Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; <as>as, an <ex>execrable</ex> wretch</as>.</def> "<i>Execrable</i> pride."

<i>Hooker.</i>