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excerpt
[ noun ek-surpt; verb ik-surpt, ek-surpt ]
/ noun ˈɛk sɜrpt; verb ɪkˈsɜrpt, ˈɛk sɜrpt /
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noun
a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
verb (used with object)
to take or select (a passage) from a book, film, or the like; extract.
to take or select passages from (a book, film, or the like); abridge by choosing representative sections.
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Origin of excerpt
1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin excerptus (past participle of excerpere to pick out, pluck out), equivalent to ex-ex-1 + -cerp- (combining form of carpere to pluck) + -tus past participle suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM excerpt
ex·cerpt·er, ex·cerp·tor, nounex·cerpt·i·ble, adjectiveex·cerp·tion, nounun·ex·cerpt·ed, adjectiveWords nearby excerpt
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British Dictionary definitions for excerpt
excerpt
noun (ˈɛksɜːpt)
a part or passage taken from a book, speech, play, etc, and considered on its own; extract
verb (ɛkˈsɜːpt)
(tr) to take (a part or passage) from a book, speech, play, etc
Derived forms of excerpt
excerptor, nounexcerptible, adjectiveexcerption, nounWord Origin for excerpt
C17: from Latin excerptum, literally: (something) picked out, from excerpere to select, from carpere to pluck
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