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excur

excur verb: to digress.

Verb

excur (third-person singular simple present excurs, present participle excurring, simple past and past participle excurred)

  1. (rare) To digress.
  2. (rare) To pass beyond limits; to go to or towards an extreme.
  3. (rare) To take an excursion.

Forms of excur

third-person singular presentexcurs
present participleexcurring
past participleexcurred
pastexcurred

Origin of excur

From Latin excurro.

Questions about excur

What does excur mean?
Excur means to digress.
What part of speech is excur?
Excur is a verb.
What is the past tense of excur?
The past tense of excur is excurred.

Words near excur in the dictionary

  1. exculpative
  2. exculpator
  3. exculpatorily
  4. exculpators
  5. exculpatory
  6. excur
  7. excurrent
  8. excurrently
  9. excurs
  10. excurse
  11. excursed

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