excerption Definition

excerpt
noun

1. A short passage or part taken from a book, film or musical work, etc.

Thesaurus: passage, section, quotation, fragment, part, selection.

verb

excerpted, excerpting
1. To select extracts from (a book, etc).

Thesaurus: quote, cite, borrow.

Derivative: excerption
noun

Derivative: excerptor
noun

Etymology: 17c: from Latin excerptum, from excerpere to pick out.