"excerp" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: excerps [present, singular, third-person], excerping [participle, present], excerped [participle, past], excerped [past]
Etymology: From Latin excerpere, excerptum, from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, gather”). See harvest and compare scarce (adjective). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|excerpere}} Latin excerpere Head templates: {{en-verb}} excerp (third-person singular simple present excerps, present participle excerping, simple past and past participle excerped)
  1. (obsolete) To pick out. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-excerp-en-verb-UMZo4uF5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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