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▪ I. excusing, vbl. n.|ɛkˈskjuːzɪŋ|
[f. excuse v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb excuse in various senses; also, an instance of this; a plea or ground of excuse.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxl. 3 Swa be oure lippis..sperd til excusynge of syn. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 512 Ȝif þis excusinge were soþ. c1400Rom. Rose 6588 Noon excusynges A parfit man ne shulde seke. c1460Towneley Myst., Annunc. 78 They sayde ther helpyd none excusyng, And wed us thus togeder. 1590Swinburne Testaments 103 Those lawes concerninge excusinge of tutors and curators are verie seldome..practised. 1664South Serm. John xv. 15 (1737) II. ii. 58 Many..things..may go a great way towards an excusing of the agent.
▪ II. exˈcusing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That excuses, or makes excuse; containing an excuse.
1657S. W. Schism Dispach't 93 His excusing words, that they, etc. 1688Collier Several Disc. (1725) 213 Others..omit the most..excusing Circumstances.
2. = excepting prep. and conj. U.S. (chiefly dial.).
1887T. N. Page In Ole Virginia 199 Torm..said ‘he was the grettest gent'man in the country skusin him [sc. Torm] and the Colonel’. 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 42, I ain't done much today, excusin' fret and worry, and mess with the sausage. Ibid. ix. 85 You kin tame arything, son, excusin' the human tongue. 1964F. O'Rourke Mule for Marquesa (1967) i. 12 He had not slept in two days, excusing catnaps during the train ride.
Hence exˈcusingly adv., in an excusing tone or manner; by way of excuse.
1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. vi. 83 She remembered excusingly that [etc.]. 1883J. G. Butler in Bible Wks. II. 35 Peter..had spoken so gently, and even excusingly, to the crucifiers of Christ. |