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.

Excerpt \Ex*cerp"t\ (277), n.
   An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or
   record.

Source : WordNet®

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