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Definition of: excerpt
(ek′sûrpt) noun
An extract from written or printed matter.
—v.t. (ik·sûrpt′) To take out, as a passage or quotation; extract. See synonyms under QUOTE. [<L excerptus, pp. of excerpere <ex- out + carpere pluck, seize]
—ex·cerp′tion noun
—ex·cerp′tive adjective
—ex·cerp′tor noun
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