English Explanatory Dictionary

excuss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shake off.
  2. To examine (a document).
  3. To decipher.
  4. To seize and detain by law.
  5. To proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties.

Word forms

excuss excusses excussing excussed

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excussus, past participle of excutere (“to shake off”).

Related words

beneficium excussionis excussion
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