excerpt

excerpt
excerpter, excerptor, n.excerptible, adj.excerption, n.
n. /ek"serrpt/; v. /ik serrpt", ek"serrpt/, n.
1. a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
v.t.
2. to take or select (a passage) from a book, film, or the like; extract.
3. to take or select passages from (a book, film, or the like); abridge by choosing representative sections.
[1375-1425; late ME < L excerptus (ptp. of excerpere to pick out, pluck out), equiv. to ex- EX-1 + -cerp- (comb. form of carpere to pluck) + -tus ptp. suffix]
Syn. 1. selection, portion, section, part.

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  • Excerpt — Ex cerpt ([e^]k s[ e]rpt; 277), n. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Excerpt — Ex*cerpt ([e^]k*s[ e]rpt ), 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. [1913 Webster] Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • excerpt — I noun citation, clipping, excerption, extract, part, passage, passage taken from a book, portion, quotation, quote, quoted passage, reference, representative selection, select passage, selection associated concepts: redact portions of a… …   Law dictionary

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  • excerpt — ► NOUN ▪ a short extract from a film or piece of music or writing. ► VERB ▪ take (a short extract) from a text. ORIGIN from Latin excerpere pluck out …   English terms dictionary

  • excerpt — [ek sʉrpt′, iksʉrpt; ] also, and for n., always [, ek′sʉrpt΄] vt. [< L excerptus, pp. of excerpere, to pick out, choose < ex , out + carpere, to pick, pluck < IE * kerp < base * (s)ker , to cut, scrape > HARVEST] to select, take… …   English World dictionary

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  • excerpt — I n. 1) to quote an excerpt 2) an excerpt from II v. (D; tr.) to excerpt from (to excerpt a passage from a work) * * * [ eksɜːpt] an excerpt from to quote anexcerpt (D; tr.) to excerpt from (to excerpt a passage from a work) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • excerpt — {{11}}excerpt (n.) 1630s, from L. excerptum an extract, selection, neut. of pp. of excerpere (see EXCERPT (Cf. excerpt) (v.)). Related: excerpts. {{12}}excerpt (v.) early 15c. (implied in excerpte), from L. excerptus, pp. of excerpere pluck out,… …   Etymology dictionary

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