Definition of select

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Select (v. t.) To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal..

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Example :: Example (n.) That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
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..
Boarder :: Boarder (n.) One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship.
Lection :: Lection (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service..
Conventionalizw :: Conventionalizw (v. t.) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others..
Swim :: Swim (v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed..
Selection :: Selection (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference..
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked..
Elective :: Elective (a.) Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right..
Bibliomancy :: Bibliomancy (n.) A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..
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..
Chrestomathy :: Chrestomathy (n.) A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy..
Caucus :: Caucus (n.) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting..
Selectmen :: Selectmen (pl. ) of Selectma.
Cento :: Cento (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
Collectanea :: Collectanea (v. t.) Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology..
Townsman :: Townsman (n.) A selectman, in New England. See Selectman..
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