Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: extract, extract, selection, take out

See Also: analecta, analects, choose, citation, clipping, cut, cutting, newspaper clipping, passage, pick out, press clipping, press cutting, quotation, quote, select, take, track

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