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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
selected
adj
  1. chosen in preference to another
    Antonym(s): unselected
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Select \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. [bd]One peculiar nation to select.[b8]
      --Milton.
  
               The pious chief . . . A hundred youths from all his
               train selects.                                       --Dryden.
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