'Excerption' definitions:

Definition of 'excerption'

From: WordNet
noun
A passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: excerpt, excerption, extract, selection]

Definition of 'Excerption'

From: GCIDE
  • Excerption \Ex*cerp"tion\, n. [L. excerptio.]
  • 1. The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • His excerptions out of the Fathers. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

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