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Excerpt

//ˈɛɡzɜː(p)t// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
  2. 2
    a passage selected from a larger work wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work. transitive

    "out of which we have excerpted the following remarkable particulars"

  2. 2
    take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”).

Etymology 2

From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”).

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