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单词 excerpt
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excerptn.

/ˈɛksəpt//ɛkˈsəːpt/
Forms: Also 1700s excerp, 1600s–1700s Latin plural excerpta.
Etymology: < Latin excerptum, neuter of past participle of excerpĕre : see excerpt v.
1. A passage taken out of a printed book or manuscript; an extract, quotation, selection.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > extract > [noun]
stitchena1225
outdraughtc1300
draught1382
sentencec1400
article1417
place1526
membera1535
gobbet?1550
extracture1602
excerption1614
excerpta1638
analects1641
extraction1656
extract1666
selection1805
worksheet1823
reading1828
screed1829
sectiuncle1838
snippet1864
a1638 J. Mede Paraphr. 2 Peter iii. in Wks. (1672) iii. 618 Some Excerpta out of the Fathers concerning the Renovation of the World.
1702 in Rous's Academia Cœlestis Advt. sig. A3 Excerpts out of all the Greek and Latin Fathers.
1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 179 An Epitome of the latter XX. Books..is also Extant..And also noble Excerpta by one Theodosius.
1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iv. 67 The Excerpts of the old Register of St. Andrew calleth him a Bishop, and his Companions his Clerks.
1817 R. Southey Let. 17 Apr. Papers from the ‘Quarterly Review,’ together with certain excerpts from the ‘Register.’
1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 8 Mr. Conway read..an excerpt from one of Mazzini's Orations.
1882 J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon I. i. (headline) Excerpts from Chronicles.
2. An article from the ‘Transactions’ of a learned society or from a periodical, printed off separately for private circulation. Cf. offprint n.This sense has long been in use in the official correspondence of learned societies (Royal Society, Society of Antiquaries, etc.), but does not appear to be generally current.
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1883 Proc. Royal Soc. 369 List Presents , [An author sends several works, of which the titles are quoted.] And fourteen other Excerpts.
1889 Proc. Royal Soc. 1888–9 45 252 Excerpt. [Added in brackets to the title of a work presented.]
3. In etymological sense: A thing picked out. rare.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > the product of selection > a selected person or thing
select1610
excerpt1830
selection1878
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. i. 15 The emperor had a large silver dish, the filling of which..occasioned wholesale slaughter; his excerpts being insignificant parts of various small and rare birds and fishes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

excerptadj.

Forms: In Middle English excerpte.
Etymology: < Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpĕre : see excerpt v.
Obsolete.
As past participle: excerpted, extracted, selected.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > extract > [adjective]
excerpt?a1475
extraught1523
extract1636
excerpted1818
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 7 Y..intende to compile a tretys of the state of the yle of Breteyne, excerpte of diuerse labores of auctores.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

excerptv.

/ɛkˈsəːpt/
Etymology: < Latin excerpt- participial stem of excerpĕre, < ex- out + carpĕre to pluck.
1. transitive. To cull out (passages, phrases, etc.); to take out as an extract; to extract, quote. Also absol. to make extracts.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > extract > extract (from) [verb (transitive)]
deflowera1387
abstracta1475
excerptc1536
excerp1570
extract1607
gut1715
except1721
clip1872
c1536 T. Wolsey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 99 II. 21 A Copy of certain Articles and Clauses excerpted and taken out of the Popes Letters.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ii. 105 This close note I excerpted.
a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Angl. (1671) ii. 301 He had excerpted and laid by many notes and precedents.
1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. iii. 169 An affectionate and eloquent notice of him; which..was excerpted into the Newspapers also.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xx. x. 267 The Book we excerpt from is, Mémoires du Comte de Hordt.
1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece ix. 281 Athenæus..excerpted largely in this direction.
2.
a. In etymological sense: To pluck out; to abstract, remove; also figurative. Obsolete.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > pluck out
grubc1320
pullc1390
decerp1531
excerpta1552
decerpta1631
pluck1893
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 48 Thinges excerpted out of the East Glasse Window of our Lady Chappel.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 553 Which musk being exerped before it be ripe, smelleth strongly and vnpleasantly.
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) Pref. Every branch which is excerpted from other authors, and engrafted here.
b. To take out, eliminate. rare.
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1881 J. Payne in tr. F. Villon Poems (new ed.) Introd. 22 If one should excerpt from their verse its accidental local colouring.

Derivatives

exˈcerpted adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > extract > [adjective]
excerpt?a1475
extraught1523
extract1636
excerpted1818
1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. 192 Excerpted particles of the pure and ethereal light.

Draft additions 1993

3. To publish or otherwise make available excerpts from (a book, esp. one recently or not yet published), in a newspaper or magazine; to publish as an excerpt.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)] > by means of a book, journal, etc. > publish or make available as excerpts
excerpt1976
1976 Economist 3 Apr. 16/1 Their newest book..(not out yet, but being excerpted and serialised all around).
1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. i. 5/3 The book's opening section..was excerpted in New West magazine.
1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Nov. 6/3 Lee Harvey Oswald may have intended to kill the then Governor of Texas John Connally and not President John F. Kennedy, says a book excerpted in Time magazine this week.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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