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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of excerpting or selecting. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   The act of excerpting or selecting from a larger work. wordnet
3. 3
   Something which is selected or gleaned; an extract (of text, audio, data etc.). countable, uncountable

   "his excerptions out of Fathers"

4. 4
   a passage selected from a larger work wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

excerptexcerptextractextractionpassageselection

Etymology

Latin excerptio.

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