excerpt

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ex=cerpt

CIDE DICTIONARY

excerpt, v. t. [From L. excerptus, p. p. See Excerp.].

 To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.  [1913 Webster]
"Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars."  [1913 Webster]

excerpt, n. 

 An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

excerpt, n. & v.
--n. a short extract from a book, film, piece of music, etc.
--v.tr. (also absol.)
1 take an excerpt or excerpts from (a book etc.).
2 take (an extract) from a book etc.

Derivative

excerptible adj. excerption n.

Etymology

L excerpere excerpt- (as EX-(1), carpere pluck)

THESAURUS

excerpt

choose out, citation, cite, cull, cull out, decide between, excerption, extract, extraction, glean, handpick, make a selection, passage, pick, pick out, quotation, quote, select, selected passage, selection, sift, single out, take, winnow

ROGET THESAURUS

excerpt

Compendium

N compend, compendium, abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note, excerpt, synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus, album, scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book, extracts, excerpta, cuttings, fugitive pieces, fugitive writing, spicilegium, flowers, anthology, collectanea, analecta, compilation, recapitulation, resume, review, abbreviation, abbreviature, contraction, shortening, compression, compendious, synoptic, analectic, abrege, abridged, variorum, in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words, it lies in a nutshell.