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Webster 1913 Edition
Excuser
Ex-cus′er
,Noun.
1.
One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
Swift.
2.
One who excuses or forgives another.
Shelton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Excuser
EXCU'SER
,Noun.
1.
One who excuses or forgives another.Definition 2024
excuser
excuser
English
Noun
excuser (plural excusers)
- One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
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- One who excuses or forgives another.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shelton to this entry?)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin excūsāre, present active infinitive of excūsō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.sky.ze/
Verb
excuser
Conjugation
Conjugation of excuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | excuser | avoir excusé | |||||
| gerund | en excusant | en ayant excusé | |||||
| present participle | excusant /ɛk.sky.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | excusé /ɛk.sky.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | excuse /ɛk.skyz/ |
excuses /ɛk.skyz/ |
excuse /ɛk.skyz/ |
excusons /ɛk.sky.zɔ̃/ |
excusez /ɛk.sky.ze/ |
excusent /ɛk.skyz/ |
| imperfect | excusais /ɛk.sky.zɛ/ |
excusais /ɛk.sky.zɛ/ |
excusait /ɛk.sky.zɛ/ |
excusions /ɛk.sky.zjɔ̃/ |
excusiez /ɛk.sky.zje/ |
excusaient /ɛk.sky.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | excusai /ɛk.sky.ze/ |
excusas /ɛk.sky.za/ |
excusa /ɛk.sky.za/ |
excusâmes /ɛk.sky.zam/ |
excusâtes /ɛk.sky.zat/ |
excusèrent /ɛk.sky.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | excuserai /ɛk.skyz.ʁe/ |
excuseras /ɛk.skyz.ʁa/ |
excusera /ɛk.skyz.ʁa/ |
excuserons /ɛk.skyz.ʁɔ̃/ |
excuserez /ɛk.skyz.ʁe/ |
excuseront /ɛk.skyz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | excuserais /ɛk.skyz.ʁɛ/ |
excuserais /ɛk.skyz.ʁɛ/ |
excuserait /ɛk.skyz.ʁɛ/ |
excuserions /ɛk.sky.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
excuseriez /ɛk.sky.zə.ʁje/ |
excuseraient /ɛk.skyz.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | excuse /ɛk.skyz/ |
excuses /ɛk.skyz/ |
excuse /ɛk.skyz/ |
excusions /ɛk.sky.zjɔ̃/ |
excusiez /ɛk.sky.zje/ |
excusent /ɛk.skyz/ |
| imperfect1 |
excusasse /ɛk.sky.zas/ |
excusasses /ɛk.sky.zas/ |
excusât /ɛk.sky.za/ |
excusassions /ɛk.sky.za.sjɔ̃/ |
excusassiez /ɛk.sky.za.sje/ |
excusassent /ɛk.sky.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | excuse /ɛk.skyz/ |
— | excusons /ɛk.sky.zɔ̃/ |
excusez /ɛk.sky.ze/ |
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Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
excuser
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 | — | ||