Definition of Excerption

1. Noun. A passage selected from a larger work. "He presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

Exact synonyms: Excerpt, Extract, Selection
Generic synonyms: Passage
Specialized synonyms: Chrestomathy, Analecta, Analects, Clipping, Cutting, Newspaper Clipping, Press Clipping, Press Cutting, Cut, Track, Citation, Quotation, Quote
Specialized synonyms: Haftarah, Haftorah, Haphtarah, Haphtorah
Derivative terms: Excerpt, Extract

Definition of Excerption

1. n. The act of excerpting or selecting.

Definition of Excerption

1. Noun. The act of excerpting or selecting. ¹

2. Noun. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Excerption

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Excerption

excercise
excerebration
excerebrations
excern
excernent
excerp
excerped
excerping
excerps
excerpt
excerpta
excerpted
excerpter
excerpters
excerpting
excerption (current term)
excerptions
excerptive
excerptor
excerptors
excerpts
excess
excess annual growth
excess lactate
excess return
excessed
excesses
excessing
excessive
excessive number

Literary usage of Excerption

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tea-table Talk, Ennobled Actresses, and Other Miscellanies by Mathews (Anne Jackson) (1857)
"W. and Co.," in announcing " An extraordinary excerption of foreign articles, consisting of a beautiful compilation of rich silks, gold watches, umbrellas, ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. citation, selection, excerpt, extract, excerption (rare); spec. cutting, clipping, analect, tag, text, epigraph; see COMMONPLACE. i. ..."

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