1. A passage selected from a larger work
   "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
   - excerption, extract, selection

1. Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
   - extract, take out

Derived forms: excerpted, excerpting, excerpts

Type of: choose, passage, pick out, select, take

Encyclopedia: Excerpt

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