Thesaurus: excerption

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1. n. The act of excerpting or selecting.
2. n. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.
3. n. a passage selected from a larger work
4. n. The act of excerpting or selecting from a larger work.
5. 1. The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.] 2. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. [R.] His excerptions out of the Fathers. Fuller.
6. n a passage selected from a larger work