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