excurse verb 3noun 2forms 3 verb3 •(no longer used, rare) To make a journey, especially an excursion; to travel.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? — 1769 •(no longer used) To travel or pass through. •(no longer used) To digress; to turn aside from the main subject of attention.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; […] — 1748 noun2 •Synonym of excursus.By the labors of the Bridgewater writers, the argument has been cleared of many extraneous and unnecessary excurses. — 1859 •(no longer used) An act of moving or rushing forward or out; an incursion by troops.Ad haec fratetnitati^([sic]) tuae praecipiendo modo quo te in Cantuariensem Ecclesiam recipias, & paucis quidem clericis retêtis admodū necessariis, ad minus quam poteris per terram illam discurras. — 1563 formsexcursed · excursing · excurses
