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Excerption

Excerption \Ex*cerp"tion\, n. [L. excerptio.]

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.

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excerption

n. 1 The act of excerpting or selecting. 2 That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.