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excerpt
verb
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
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take
pick out
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noun
a passage selected from a larger work
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"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
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excerption
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take
cut
choose
track
cutting
passage
quote
selection
select
extract
quotation
clipping
citation
chrestomathy
take out
pick out
excerption
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analecta
newspaper clipping
press clipping
press cutting
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