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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: excerpt n : a passage selected from a larger work "he presented exerpts 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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