Excerpt

['eksɜːpt] or ['ɛksɝpt]

(noun.) a passage selected from a larger work; 'he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings'.

(verb.) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.

Checked by Annabelle--From WordNet

(v. t.) To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.

(n.) An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.

Checked by Brits

n. Extract, quotation, citation, selected passage.

v. a. Extract, select, cite, quote, take.

Edited by Cary

n. a passage selected from a book an extract.—v.t. Excerpt′ to select: to extract.—ns. Excerpt′ing Excerp′tion; Excerp′tor.

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Inputed by Byron