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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Excerption

· Ex·cerp·tion · IPA /ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)pʃən/
01 n. The act of excerpting or selecting.
  1. 1.
    The act of excerpting or selecting.[R.]
  2. 2.
    That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.[R.]
    “His excerptions out of the Fathers.” Fuller.