Se*lect" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Selected;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Selecting.]
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. "One peculiar nation to select."
Milton.
The pious chief . . .
A hundred youths from all his
train selects.
Dryden.
Se*lect" (?), a. [L. selectus, p. p. of seligere to select; pref. se- aside + levere to gather. See Legend.]
Taken from a number
by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.
A
few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a
fit audience round a far
greater teacher.
Macaulay.
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