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   Select (?), 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.
   
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   A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher. Macaulay.
   
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   Select, 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.
   
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   The pious chief . . .
   
   A hundred youths from all his train selects. Dryden.
   
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