Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Excerpt

Excerpt (ek*sẽrpt") , transitive verb

[From Latin excerptus, p. p. See Excerp.]

To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. — Fuller

Excerpt (ek"sẽrpt; 277) , noun

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