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excerptor

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ex⋅cerpt

  [n. ek-surpt; v. ik-surpt, ek-surpt]
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–noun
1. a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
–verb (used with object)
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.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L excerptus (ptp. of excerpere to pick out, pluck out), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + -cerp- (comb. form of carpere to pluck) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
ex⋅cerpt⋅er, ex⋅cerp⋅tor, noun
ex⋅cerpt⋅i⋅ble, adjective
ex⋅cerp⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
1. selection, portion, section, part.
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Word Origin & History

excerpt  (v.)
1432, from L. excerptus, pp. of excerpere "pluck out, excerpt," from ex- "out" + carpere "pluck, gather," from PIE *kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest" (see harvest).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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