Found 3 items, similar to excerpt.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: excerpt
kutipan, petikan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: excerpt
excerpt
n : a passage selected from a larger work;
“he presented
excerpts from William James' philosophical writings”
[syn:
extract,
selection]
v : take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn:
extract,
take out]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Excerpt
Excerpt
\Ex"cerpt\ ([e^]k"s[~e]rpt; 277), n.
An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or
record.
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Excerpt
\Ex*cerpt"\ ([e^]k*s[~e]rpt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Excerpted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Excerpting.] [From L.
excerptus, p. p. See
Excerp.]
To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
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Out of which we have excerpted the following
particulars. --Fuller.
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