Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Excuss

Excuss , transitive verb

[Latin excussus. past participle of excutere to shake off; ex out, from + quatere to shake. Compare Quash.]

1.
To shake off; to discard. [Rare]
To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds. — Bp. Stillingfleet
2.
To inspect; to investigate; to decipher. [Rare]
To take some pains in excusing some old monuments. — F. Junius (1654)
3.
To seize and detain by law, as goods. [Obsolete] — Ayliffe