| Excerpt 1. (n.) An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record. 2. (v. t.) To select; to extract; to cite; to quote Thesaurus Entries choose out, citation, cite, cull, cull out, decide between, excerption, extract, extraction, glean, handpick, make a selection, passage, pick, pick out, quotation, quote, select, selected passage, selection, sift, single out, take, winnow |