Definition of select

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Select (a.) Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.

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Swim :: Swim (v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed..
Regular :: Regular (a.) Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops..
Edit :: Edit (v. t.) To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper..
Detail :: Detail (n.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book..
Selector :: Selector (n.) One who selects.
Choice :: Choice (n.) The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
Excerption :: Excerption (n.) The act of excerpting or selecting.
Decimation :: Decimation (n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment..
Semichorus :: Semichorus (n.) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir..
Selective :: Selective (a.) Selecting; tending to select.
Desume :: Desume (v. t.) To select; to borrow.
Preselect :: Preselect (v. t.) To select beforehand.
Appointor :: Appointor (n.) The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2..
Party :: Party (v.) A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party..
Aid-de-camp :: Aid-de-camp (n.) An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements..
Unsorted :: Unsorted (a.) Not well selected; ill-chosen.
Vulgar :: Vulgar (a.) Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value..
Townsman :: Townsman (n.) A selectman, in New England. See Selectman..
Designation :: Designation (n.) Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
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