Excuss /(?)/

Ex·cuss

Excuss

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