Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excerpt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excerpt \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excerpt \Ex*cerp"t\ (277), n.
An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or
record.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excerpt
n : a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented
excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
[syn: {extract}, {selection}]
v : take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn: {extract},
{take out}]
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