2. Verb. (third-person singular of excuse) ¹
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Definition of Excuses
1. excuse [v] - See also: excuse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excuses
Literary usage of Excuses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads: Containing a Consideration of the ...by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott (1922)
"Difference between cases not 2317. within the scope of duty and cases involving
excuses for non-delivery. 2318. 2311. excuses for non-delivery Stoppage in ..."
2. The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State by Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1865)
"HlS excuses FOR DELAY.—PROPOSES TO LEAVE.—POPE UNAIDED.—excuses FOR FRANKLIN'S
DELAY.— His excuses PROVED GROUNDLESS.—His ALLEGED LACK OF SUPPLIES. ..."
3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"... but in both he has additional excuses. As to the " pestilent heresy of prose
poetry," he is at least not unwilling to argue on the hypothesis that verse ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"plea these excuses If they are lawful and Inhere In the rule? Certainly these
excuses are defenses. It was so held liy the Supreme Court, and, ..."
5. Handbook of the Law of Insurance by William Reynolds Vance (1904)
"... to claim the forfeiture.101 excuses FOR NONPAYMENT. 78. No excuses for failure
to pay premiums due can be alleged in order to prevent a forfeiture, ..."
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