[n. ek-surpt; v. ik-surpt, ek-surpt] 
| 1. | a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract. |
| 2. | to take or select (a passage) from a book, film, or the like; extract. |
| 3. | to take or select passages from (a book, film, or the like); abridge by choosing representative sections. |
| ex·cerpt (ěk'sûrpt') n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. (ĭk-sûrpt') ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts
[From Middle English, excerpted, from Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere, to pick out : ex-, ex- + carpere, to pluck; see kerp- in Indo-European roots.] |
