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Excurse
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of excursus.
"By the labors of the Bridgewater writers, the argument has been cleared of many extraneous and unnecessary excurses."
- 2 An act of moving or rushing forward or out; an incursion by troops. obsolete
"Ad hæc fratetnitati^([sic]) tuæ præcipiendo modo quo te in Cantuarienſem Eccleſiam recipias, & paucis quidem clericis retêtis admodū neceſſariis, ad minus quam poteris per terram illam diſcurras."
- 1 To make a journey, especially an excursion; to travel. archaic, intransitive, rare
"In which of the nine hundred ſtreets—I mean lanes—of this capital of the world—for who can diſpute a Pariſian’s word, who never has excurſed beyond the gates?"
- 2 To digress; to turn aside from the main subject of attention. archaic, intransitive
"But how I excurſe!—Yet thou uſedſt to ſay, thou likedſt my excurſions. If thou doſt, thou’lt have enow of them: For I never had a ſubject I ſo much adored; […]"
- 3 To travel or pass through. obsolete, transitive
Etymology
Probably partly from Classical Latin excurs-, past participial stem of excurrō, and partly from the noun.
From Classical Latin excursus. Doublet of excursus. In the “excursus” sense, some later examples in plural may show errors for excursuses.
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