excurse

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s === Etymology 1 === Probably partly from Classical Latin excurs-, past participial stem of excurrō, and partly from the noun. ==== Verb ==== excurse (third-person singular simple present excurses, present participle excursing, simple past and past participle excursed) (intransitive, now chiefly archaic and somewhat rare) To make a journey, especially an excursion; to travel. Synonym: sally (intransitive, now rare) To digress; to turn aside from the main subject of attention. (transitive, obsolete) To travel or pass through. === Etymology 2 === From Classical Latin excursus. Doublet of excursus. In the “excursus” sense, some later examples in plural may show errors for excursuses. ==== Alternative forms ==== excourse (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== excurse (plural excurses) Synonym of excursus. (obsolete) An act of moving or rushing forward or out; an incursion by troops. === References === “excurse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === excuser