excerpt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“‘to pick out’”) < ex (“‘out’”) + carpere (“‘to pick, pluck’”)

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excerpt (plural excerpts)

1. a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media

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to excerpt (third-person singular simple present excerpts, present participle excerpting, simple past and past participle excerpted)

1. To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.

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• excerpt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• excerpt in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911