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excerpt

[ek-surpt, ik-surpt, ek-surpt]

noun

  1. a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.

    Synonyms: , , ,


verb (used with object)

  1. to take or select (a passage) from a book, film, or the like; extract.

  2. to take or select passages from (a book, film, or the like); abridge by choosing representative sections.

excerpt

noun

  1. a part or passage taken from a book, speech, play, etc, and considered on its own; extract

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to take (a part or passage) from a book, speech, play, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • excerpter noun
  • excerptor noun
  • excerptible adjective
  • excerption noun
  • unexcerpted adjective
  • ˈپ adjective
  • ˈپDz noun
  • ˈٴǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of excerpt1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin excerptus “picked out,” past participle of excerpere “to pick out, pluck out,” from ex- ex- 1 + -cerpere, combining form of carpere “to pluck”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of excerpt1

C17: from Latin excerptum, literally: (something) picked out, from excerpere to select, from carpere to pluck
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Example Sentences

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