English Dictionary: selecting | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. |