excerpt(n = noun.communication) excerption, extract, selection - a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
is a kind of passage
has particulars: chrestomathy, analecta, analects, clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, cut, track, citation, quotation, quote, haftarah, haftorah, haphtarah, haphtorah
Derived form verb excerpt₁

   excerpt(v = verb.cognition) extract, take out - take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy;
is one way to choose, pick out, select, take
Derived form noun excerpt₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

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

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

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)

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.