Meaning of excurse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To make a journey, especially an excursion; to travel.
   archaic, intransitive, rare
2. To digress; to turn aside from the main subject of attention.
   archaic, intransitive
3. To travel or pass through.
   obsolete, transitive

Examples

“In which of the nine hundred ſtreets—I mean lanes—of this capital of the world—for who can diſpute a Pariſian’s word, who never has excurſed beyond the gates?”

“Let’s all help our bodies get over what we did to them this winter by taking an excursion to Grace Spa. Or pick the spa of your choice. But it was Grace Spa that I excursed to and that I'm writing about firsthand.”

“There was a notable lack of security, ostensibly because the place was so isolated, although it seems that journalists still thronged about the borders, leaping from beds of nettles to catch a glimpse of the royal party of excursing.”

“But how I excurſe!—Yet thou uſedſt to ſay, thou likedſt my excurſions. If thou doſt, thou’lt have enow of them: For I never had a ſubject I ſo much adored; […]”

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