— excerpter, excerptor , n. — excerptible , adj. — excerption , n.
n. /ek"serrpt/ ; v. /ik serrpt", ek"serrpt/ , n.
1. a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
v.t.
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.
[ 1375-1425; late ME excerptus (ptp. of excerpere to pick out, pluck out), equiv. to ex- EX- 1 + -cerp- (comb. form of carpere to pluck) + -tus ptp. suffix ]
Syn. 1. selection, portion, section, part.