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From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”)

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1. A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.

1. To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.