About The Word Excerpt
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Excerpt
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What's The Definition Of Excerpt?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Excerpt: extract | extract | selection | take out Related Terms | Find terms related to Excerpt: 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 See Also | analecta | analects | choose | citation | clipping | cut | cutting | newspaper clipping | passage | pick out | press clipping | press cutting | quotation | quote | select | take | track Excerpt In Webster's Dictionary \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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