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excerp

excerp verb: to pick out.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To pick out.
    • If in that sentence which Mr Barlee hath excerped out of my letter, he can find the word reall, then I must necessarily either explain, or condemne my selfe1659, Henry Hickman, Πατρο-σχολαστικο-δικαιωσις

Forms of excerp

third-person singular presentexcerps
present participleexcerping
past participleexcerped
pastexcerped

Origin of excerp

From Latin excerpere, excerptum, from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, gather”). See harvest and compare scarce (adjective).

Questions about excerp

What does excerp mean?
Excerp means to pick out.
What part of speech is excerp?
Excerp is a verb.
What is the past tense of excerp?
The past tense of excerp is excerped.

Words near excerp in the dictionary

  1. excercise
  2. excerebration
  3. excerebrations
  4. excern
  5. excernent
  6. excerp
  7. excerped
  8. excerping
  9. excerps
  10. excerpt
  11. excerpt from police record

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