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Thesaurus: excerpt

To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.

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  1. v. t. To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
  2. n. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
  3. n. a passage selected from a larger work
  4. v. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
  5. To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
  6. To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.
  7. v:31/n:69 n. a passage selected from a larger work v. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy