Ex*cern" (?), v. t. [L. excernere. See Excrete.] To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration. [R.] Bacon.
Ex*cern"ent (?), a. [See Excern.] (Physiol.) Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.
Ex*cerp" (?), v. t. [L. excerpere, excerptum; ex out + carpere to pick, gather. See Harvest, and cf. Scarce, a.] To pick out. [Obs.] Hales.
Ex*cerpt" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excerpted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excerpting.] [From L. excerptus, p. p. See Excerp.] To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars.
Fuller.
Ex*cerp"t (277), n. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
||Ex*cerp"tion (?), n. [L. excerptio.] 1. The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.]