excusatort (ekskuzator)

[= Sp. excusa dor = Pg. escusador = "It. scusatore, This brought on the sending an excusator in the name of the king and kingdom, to show that the king was not bound to appear upon the citation. Bp. Burnet, Hist. Reformation. excusatory (eks-kūzā-tō-ri), a. [=OF. excusa toire, excusatory plea. Yet upon further advice, having sent an excusatory letter to the king, they withdrew themselves into divers parts beyond the seas. Lives of English Worthies. He made excusatory answers. Wood, Ann. Univ. Oxford, 1557. excuse (eks-kūz'), v . t .; pret. and pp. excused, ppr. excusing. [ excusen , escusen , escuser , F. excuser = Sp. excusar = Pg. escusar = It. scusare , excusare , excu are , excuse, allege in excuse, lit. free from a charge, ex , out, + causa , cau a , a charge: see cause . Cf. accuse.] 1. To offer an excuse or apology for: often reflexively. Sche of that sclaunder excused hire al-gate, & seide the child was in the see sunken ful gore. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4045. Think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? 2 Cor. xii. 19. He excused his conduct to others, and perhaps to himself, by pleading that, as a commi ioner, he might be able to prevent much evil. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., vi. + -ure, after curvature.] In entom.: (a) The state of being excurved. (b) A part of a margin, mark, etc., curved outwardly, or away from the center of the body or organ. excurved (eks-kérvd'), a. [L. ex, out, + E. curved.] In zoöl., curved outward, or away from the disk or center of a part or an organ: as, an excurved margin; an excurved mark. Ex curved antennæ, in entom., antennæ constantly curved outward or away from each other.