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Webster 1913 Edition
Excerpt
Ex-cerpt′
(ĕk-sẽrpt′)
, Verb.
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′cerpt
(ĕk′sẽrpt; 277)
, Noun.
An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
Webster 1828 Edition
Excerpt
EXCERPT'
,Verb.
T.