excerpt from

excerpt something from something

to select a part of something from the whole. We excerpted a few short scenes from the play and performed them for the class. A few paragraphs had been excerpted from the film as an example.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Silas	SIE-ləs (English)	English, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Merilyn	-	English
Sidney	['sidni]
Merla	MUR-lə	English (Rare)
Lihi	-	Hebrew
Dan	[dæn]