excerpt (n.)

  1. a passage selected from a larger work; he presented excerpts from William James philosophical writings

    [ Syn: excerption , extract , selection ]

    excerpt (v.)

  1. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

    [ Syn: extract , take out ]

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