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Synonyms for excerpt

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : noun ek-surpt; verb ik-surpt, ek-surpt
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈɛk sɜrpt; verb ɪkˈsɜrpt, ˈɛk sɜrpt

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Définition of excerpt

Origin :
  • early 15c. (implied in excerpte), from Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere "pluck out, pick out, extract, excerpt," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + carpere "pluck, gather," from PIE *kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest" (see harvest (n.)). Related: Excerpted; excerpting.
  • noun citation; something taken from a whole
  • verb take a part from a whole
Example sentences :
  • Grenfell and Hunt date the Gospel, from which it is an excerpt, about 200.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
  • Mark the adjectives in this excerpt and use them in sentences of your own.
  • Extract from : « Plain English » by Marian Wharton
  • The letter from which the excerpt is taken was written Feb. 13, 1895.
  • Extract from : « The Fiction Factory » by John Milton Edwards
  • Was then this "excerpt charter" a forgery, or a genuine document?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 427, May, 1851 » by Various
  • We should not now combine a Norse saga with an excerpt from a novel by George Meredith.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • He gives in the Supplement an excerpt from the records of the trial.
  • Extract from : « Freaks of Fanaticism » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • We excerpt a few relevant statements from these almost at random.
  • Extract from : « Principles of Political Economy » by Arthur Latham Perry
  • If you care to read the rest of his history you must turn to the book from which this excerpt was torn.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Housetops » by Various
  • An excerpt from the rather ponderous blue book will tell us.
  • Extract from : « The Opium Monopoly » by Ellen Newbold La Motte
  • Let us glance at an excerpt or two from these official British letters.
  • Extract from : « Drugging a Nation » by Samuel Merwin

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