Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Excerpt \Ex*cerpt"\, 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.

         Out of which we have excerpted the following
         particulars.                             --Fuller.