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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