to quote an excerpt

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• excerpt — I n. 1) to quote an excerpt 2) an excerpt from II v. (D; tr.) to excerpt from (to excerpt a passage from a work) * * * [ eksɜːpt] an excerpt from to quote anexcerpt (D; tr.) to excerpt from (to excerpt a passage from a work) …   Combinatory dictionary

• excerpt — [n] citation; something taken from a whole extract, fragment, notation, note, part, passage, pericope, piece, portion, quotation, quote, saying, section, selection; concepts 270,274,835 Ant. insert, whole excerpt [v] take a part from a whole… …   New thesaurus

• quote — I verb adduce, adferre, circumstantiate, cite, cite a holding of a case, corroborate, detail, document, duplicate, establish, excerpt, extract, give word for word, go into detail, instance, make reference, paraphrase, point out, produce an… …   Law dictionary

• excerpt — I noun citation, clipping, excerption, extract, part, passage, passage taken from a book, portion, quotation, quote, quoted passage, reference, representative selection, select passage, selection associated concepts: redact portions of a… …   Law dictionary

• Excerpt — Ex*cerpt ([e^]k*s[ e]rpt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excerpted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excerpting}.] [From L. excerptus, p. p. See {Excerp}.] To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. [1913 Webster] Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• excerpt — [ek sʉrpt′, iksʉrpt; ] also, and for n., always [, ek′sʉrpt΄] vt. [< L excerptus, pp. of excerpere, to pick out, choose < ex , out + carpere, to pick, pluck < IE * kerp < base * (s)ker , to cut, scrape > HARVEST] to select, take… …   English World dictionary

• quote — quotation / quote [n1] repetition of something spoken or written by someone citation, citing, cutting, excerpt, extract, passage, quote, recitation, reference, saying, selection; concepts 274,278 quotation / quote [n2] financial estimate bid, bid …   New thesaurus

• excerpt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, little, short ▪ lengthy, long ▪ Here is a rather lengthy excerpt from the essay. ▪ 5 minute …   Collocations dictionary

• quote — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 words taken from a book, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ famous, memorable, quotable ▪ direct, exact, verbatim ▪ a direct quote from this morning s paper …   Collocations dictionary

• excerpt — 1. noun an excerpt from the poem Syn: extract, part, section, piece, portion, snippet, clip, bit, sample; reading, citation, quotation, quote, line, passage 2. verb a portion of her play was excerpted for the magazine …   Thesaurus of popular words

• quote — quoter, n. /kwoht/, v., quoted, quoting, n. v.t. 1. to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc. 2. to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.). 3. to use a brief excerpt from:… …   Universalium