Meanings
nounexcerption (countable and uncountable, plural excerptions)
plural excerptions
- countableuncountableThe act of excerpting or selecting.
- countableuncountableSomething which is selected or gleaned; an extract (of text, audio, data etc.).
his excerptions out of Fathers
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinexcerptio
- Englishexcerption
Latin excerptio.
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APA
excerption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excerption
MLA
“excerption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excerption. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excerption,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excerption.
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