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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L.

excerptio

The act of excerpting or selecting.

[R.]

That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.

[R.]

His

excerptions

out of the Fathers.

Fuller.

Noun.

[L. excerptio.] A picking out; a gleaning; selection. [Little used.]

That which is selected or gleaned. [Little used.]

excerption ‎(countable and uncountable, plural excerptions)

The act of excerpting or selecting.
That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.
His excerptions out of the Fathers. — Fuller.