Ex-cŭss', v. t.

v. t. [Lat. excutere, excussum, from ex, out of, from, and quatere, quassum, to shake.]

1. To shake off; to get rid of. [Rare.] “To excuss the notions of a Deity out of their minds.” Stillingfleet.
2. To lay open; to discuss; to decipher. [Obs.] “To take some pains in excussing some old monuments.” Junius, 1654.
3. To seize and detain by law, as goods. Ayliffe.