EXCERPTS

Noun

excerpts

plural of excerpt

Verb

excerpts

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excerpt

Source: Wiktionary


EXCERPT

Ex*cerpt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excerpted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excerpting.] Etym: [From L. excerptus, p. p. See Excerp.]

Definition: To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.

Ex*cerp"t (277), n.

Definition: An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 September 2024

ABSOLUTELY

(adverb) completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; “an absolutely magnificent painting”; “a perfectly idiotic idea”; “you’re perfectly right”; “utterly miserable”; “you can be dead sure of my innocence”; “was dead tired”; “dead right”


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