Excerpt

v. t.	1.	To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. [imp. & p. p. Excerpted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excerpting.] Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. - Fuller.
n.	1.	An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.

Noun	1.	excerpt - a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" Synonyms: extract, selection
Verb	1.	excerpt - take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy Synonyms: extract, take out

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