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Excerpt :: Excerpt (v. t.) To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.

Speaker :: Speaker (n.) A book of selections for declamation.

Chrestomathy :: Chrestomathy (n.) A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy..

Mute :: Mute (n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak..

Casket :: Casket (n.) A book of selections.

Unsorted :: Unsorted (a.) Not well selected; ill-chosen.

Prill :: Prill (n.) Ore selected for excellence.

Choice :: Choice (superl.) Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen..

Decimate :: Decimate (v. t.) To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny..

Pick :: Pick (n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick..

Selecting :: Selecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Selec.

Preselect :: Preselect (v. t.) To select beforehand.

Assign :: Assign (v. t.) To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial..

Exquisite :: Exquisite (a.) Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship..

Choice :: Choice (n.) Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.

Adopt :: Adopt (v. t.) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted..

Selection :: Selection (n.) That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books..

Culler :: Culler (n.) One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market..

Prelection :: Prelection (n.) A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.

Sortition :: Sortition (n.) Selection or appointment by lot.

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