n. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L. excerptio. ]
His excerptions out of the Fathers. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That excerpts, selects, or chooses. D. L. Mackenzie. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler. [ 1913 Webster ]