Category:Excerpt

Ex*cerpt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excerpted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excerpting.] Etym: [From L. excerptus, p. p. See Excerp.]

Defn: To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.

excerpt Ex*cerp"t (277), n.

Defn: An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.