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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Elect :: Elect (v. t.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor..
Eclectic :: Eclectic (a.) Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher..
Selectmen :: Selectmen (pl. ) of Selectma.
Sort :: Sort (v. t.) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
Select :: 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.
Eximious :: Eximious (a.) Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent..
Eclectic :: Eclectic (a.) Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine..
Draff :: Draff (n.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted..
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..
Selection :: Selection (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference..
Cento :: Cento (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
Psychogenesis :: Psychogenesis (n.) Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection..
Segregate :: Segregate (a.) Separate; select.
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..
Choose :: Choose (v. i.) To make a selection; to decide.
Anthem :: Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music..
Monitor :: Monitor (n.) Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class..
Outlook :: Outlook (v. t.) To inspect throughly; to select.
Election :: Election (a.) The act of choosing; choice; selection.
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