- present tense form of excel (3rd person singular).
excels
Example Sentences
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The ruffled and bewildered tercels were whistled back, and neither Garin de Biterres nor his prisoners could be certain in the gathering twilight whether any of the pigeons had escaped their pursuers.
From Masters of the Guild by Lamprey, L.
"Who well loves, late forgets;" the refrain of the roundel inculcates the duty of constancy, which has been imposed on the three tercels by the decision of the Court.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
The two birds of prey which the men brought were moreover not the type of hawk used especially to hunt pigeons, but young falcons or tercels.
From Masters of the Guild by Lamprey, L.
