excerption

English

Etymology

Latin excerptio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)pʃən/

Noun

excerption (countable and uncountable, plural excerptions)

  1. The act of excerpting or selecting.
  2. Something which is selected or gleaned; an extract (of text, audio, data etc.).
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
      his excerptions out of Fathers

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