excuser

English

Etymology

excuse +‎ -er

Noun

excuser (plural excusers)

1. One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.

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2. One who excuses or forgives another.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excūsāre, present active infinitive of excūsō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɛk.sky.ze/

Verb

excuser

1. to excuse; to pardon

Conjugation

   Conjugation of excuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		excuser			avoir excusé
gerund		en excusant			en ayant excusé
present participle		excusant
past participle		excusé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	excuse	excuses	excuse	excusons	excusez	excusent
	imperfect	excusais	excusais	excusait	excusions	excusiez	excusaient
	past historic1	excusai	excusas	excusa	excusâmes	excusâtes	excusèrent
	future	excuserai	excuseras	excusera	excuserons	excuserez	excuseront
	conditional	excuserais	excuserais	excuserait	excuserions	excuseriez	excuseraient
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	excuses	excuse	excusions	excusiez	excusent
	imperfect1	excusasse	excusasses	excusât	excusassions	excusassiez	excusassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	excuse	—	excusons	excusez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• excuse

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Latin

Verb

excūser

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of excūsō

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin excūsō.

Verb

excuser

1. to excuse; to pardon

Conjugation

   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		je	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, 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 je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, 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	—