1. (verb) excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
a passage selected from a larger work
Synonyms: survival, selection, pick, excerpt, choice, extract, excerption, survival of the fittest, option, natural selection, infusion
2. (verb) excerpt, extract, take out
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Synonyms: extract, express, press out, take away, withdraw, draw out, draw off, remove, move out, get out, draw, omit, distill, unpack, invite out, exclude, evoke, leave out, pull, distil, educe, leave off, ask out, elicit, excerpt, pull out, except, take out, pull up, buy food
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