1. taken or selected from a larger work

1. past tense and past participle of excerpt; selected and extracted a passage from a larger work

Examples

• The teacher excerpted several poems from the anthology for the exam.
• She excerpted key passages from the novel for her research paper.
• The excerpted text appeared in the magazine without the full context.
• The documentary included excerpted interviews from the original footage.
• He excerpted quotes from famous speeches for his presentation.
• The excerpted chapters were published as a separate booklet.