2 entries under this word

Excerpt

Ex-cĕrpt', v. t.

verbtransitive

(14), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXCERPTED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXCERPTING.] [See supra.] To make extracts from, or to make an extract of; to select; to extract; to cite or cite from. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.

Ex-cĕrpt', n.

noun

(Synop., § 130), n. [See EXCERPTA.] An extract; a passage selected from an author.