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offprint

American  
[awf-print, of-] / ˈɔfˌprɪnt, ˈɒf- /

noun

  1. Also called separate.  a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.

verb (used with object)

  1. to reprint separately, as an article from a larger publication.

offprint British  
/ ˈɒfˌprɪnt /

noun

  1. Also called (US): separate.  a separate reprint of an article that originally appeared in a larger publication

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verb

  1. (tr) to reprint (an article taken from a larger publication) separately

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Etymology

Origin of offprint

1880–85; translation of German Abdruck

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Receiving an offprint a few years later, Escher wrote to Lionel expressing his admiration for the “continuous flights of steps” in the paper, and enclosing a print of Ascending and Descending.

From The Guardian

Imitation -- N. imitation; copying &c. v.; transcription; repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; reprint, offprint. mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation &c.

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