excerpt
noun
a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
is excerpting
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present progressiveof excerpt (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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For every one doth not know what is excerpting.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
