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(verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy |
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Synonyms: extract, take out |
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Related Words: choose, pick out, select, take |
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(noun) a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented exerpts from William James' philosophical writings" |
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Synonyms: extract, selection |
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Related Words: analecta, analects, clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, passage, press clipping, press cutting, quotation, quote |
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