Meaning of EXCERPT
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'eksurpt, [v]ek'surpt
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- [n] a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
- [v] take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
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| | Synonyms: | | extract, extract, selection, take out |
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| | See Also: | | analecta, analects, choose, citation, clipping, cut, cutting, newspaper clipping, passage, pick out, press clipping, press cutting, quotation, quote, select, take, track | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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| | Related Terms: | | choose out, citation, cite, cull, cull out, decide between, excerption, extract, extraction, glean, handpick, make a selection, passage, pick, pick out, quotation, quote, select, selected passage, selection, sift, single out, take, winnow |
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