Defn: Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.
EXCERP Ex*cerp", v. t. Etym: [L. excerpere, excerptum; ex out + carpere to pick, gather. See Harvest, and cf. Scarce, a.]
Defn: To pick out. [Obs.] Hales.
EXCERPT
Ex*cerpt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excerpted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Excerpting.] Etym: [From L. excerptus, p. p. See Excerp.]
Defn: To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.
EXCERPT
Ex*cerp"t (277), n.
Defn: An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
EXCERPTION
Ex*cerp"tion, n. Etym: [L. excerptio.]
1. The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.]
2. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. [R.] His excerptions out of the Fathers. Fuller.