offprint

[awf-print, of-]

off·print

[awf-print, of-]
noun
1.
Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.
verb (used with object)
2.
to reprint separately, as an article from a larger publication.

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Offprint is one of our favorite verbs.
So is bowdlerise. Does it mean:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.

Origin:
1880–85; translation of German Abdruck
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offprint (ˈɒfˌprɪnt)
 
n
1.  Also called (US): separate a separate reprint of an article that originally appeared in a larger publication
 
vb
2.  (tr) to reprint (an article taken from a larger publication) separately

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