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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Excerpt :: Excerpt (v. t.) To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
Mute :: Mute (n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak..
Boarder :: Boarder (n.) One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship.
Eligible :: Eligible (a.) That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.
Cento :: Cento (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
Pick :: Pick (n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick..
Pick :: Pick (v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care..
Picked :: Picked (a.) Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men..
Selectmen :: Selectmen (pl. ) of Selectma.
Choice :: Choice (superl.) Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
Elective :: Elective (a.) Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act..
Elect :: Elect (v. t.) To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor..
Choice :: Choice (superl.) Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen..
Analectic :: Analectic (a.) Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine..
Processional :: Processional (n.) A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn..
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..
Prill :: Prill (n.) Ore selected for excellence.
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..
Adversaria :: Adversaria (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes..
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