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In some senses, excurse is marked as archaic, obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
edictal
VERB + EXCURSE
occurs
PREP.
in, in
verb
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?
Let’s all help our bodies get over what we did to them this winter by taking an excursion to Grace Spa. Or pick the spa of your choice. But it was Grace Spa that I excursed to and that I'm writing about firsthand.
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; […]
To travel or pass through.
noun
Synonym of excursus.
By the labors of the Bridgewater writers, the argument has been cleared of many extraneous and unnecessary excurses.
Prof. Kuhn shows further that the original version seems to have been better preserved in the Arabic text, at least so far as the end of the tale is concerned. In two Excurses, pp. 40–45 and 45–50, he examines the Hebrew version of [Abraham ben Samuel ha-Levi] Ibn Hisdai (c. 1250) and the Greek; […]
An act of moving or rushing forward or out; an incursion by troops.
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.
But foꝛſomuch as now not caring foꝛ thy oth, noꝛ regarding the ſafetie of thy hoſtages, thou haſt ſo fondlie ⁊ lewdlie paſſed thy bounds: I am to require thée, that thou doo retire and withdꝛaw theſe excurſes of ſtrangers; […]
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?
WiktionaryLet’s all help our bodies get over what we did to them this winter by taking an excursion to Grace Spa. Or pick the spa of your choice. But it was Grace Spa that I excursed to and that I'm writing abo
WiktionaryThere was a notable lack of security, ostensibly because the place was so isolated, although it seems that journalists still thronged about the borders, leaping from beds of nettles to catch a glimpse
WiktionaryBy the labors of the Bridgewater writers, the argument has been cleared of many extraneous and unnecessary excurses.
WiktionaryProf. Kuhn shows further that the original version seems to have been better preserved in the Arabic text, at least so far as the end of the tale is concerned. In two Excurses, pp. 40–45 and 45–50, he
WiktionaryActually, the passage occurs in an excurse in the edictal commentary, the exact meaning of which is unknown; […]
Wiktionaryi Register
In some senses, excurse is marked as archaic, obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.