excerpt

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

excerpt
    n 1: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented
         excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn:
         {excerpt}, {excerption}, {extract}, {selection}]
    v 1: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn:
         {excerpt}, {extract}, {take out}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Excerpt \Ex*cerpt"\ ([e^]k*s[~e]rpt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Excerpted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excerpting}.] [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.                             --Fuller.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Excerpt \Ex"cerpt\ ([e^]k"s[~e]rpt; 277), n.
   An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or
   record.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "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

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