excuser

English

Etymology

excuse +‎ -er

Noun

excuser (plural excusers)

  1. One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jonathan Swift to this entry?)
  2. One who excuses or forgives another.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shelton to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for excuser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French excuser, from Old French escuser, borrowed from Latin excūsāre, present active infinitive of excūsō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.sky.ze/
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Verb

excuser

  1. to excuse; to pardon

Conjugation

Further reading

Latin

Verb

excūser

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of excūsō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French escuser, borrowed from Latin excūsō, excūsāre.

Verb

excuser

  1. to excuse; to pardon

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of excuser
simple compound
infinitive excuser avoir excusé
gerund en excusant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle excusant
past participle excusé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present excuse excuses excuse excusons excusez excusent
imperfect excusois, excusoys excusois, excusoys excusoit, excusoyt excusions, excusyons excusiez, excusyez excusoient, excusoyent
past historic excusa excusas excusa excusasmes excusastes excuserent
future excuserai, excuseray excuseras excusera excuserons excuserez excuseront
conditional excuserois, excuseroys excuserois, excuseroys excuseroit, excuseroyt excuserions, excuseryons excuseriez, excuseryez excuseroient, excuseroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present excuse excuses excuse excusons excusez excusent
imperfect excusasse excusasses excusast excusassions excusassiez excusassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— excuse — excusons excusez —
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