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Webster 1913 Edition


Excerp

Ex-cerp′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
excerpere
,
excerptum
;
ex
out +
carpere
to pick, gather. See
Harvest
, and cf.
Scarce
,
Adj.
]
To pick out.
[Obs.]
Hales.

Webster 1828 Edition


Excerp

EXCERP'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. excerpo.] To pick out. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


excerp

excerp

English

Verb

excerp (third-person singular simple present excerps, present participle excerping, simple past and past participle excerped)

  1. (obsolete) To pick out.
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