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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
excerpt

▶noun /ˈɛksəːpt/ a short extract from a film, broadcast, text, or piece of music. ▶verb /ɪkˈsəːpt, ɛk-/ take (a short extract) from a text.

– derivatives
excerptible adjective,
excerption noun.

– origin C16 (as v.): from L. excerpt-, excerpere ‘pluck out’.

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