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
Colombano	-	Italian
Dag	DAHG (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
SaulĖ	-	Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Philbert	-	French (Rare)
Gray	GRAY	English
Jehu	JEE-hyoo (English)	Biblical