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Select   /səlˈɛkt/   Listen
verb
Select  v. t.  (past & past part. selected; pres. part. 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." "The pious chief... A hundred youths from all his train selects."



adjective
Select  adj.  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."






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... else—"Devout prayer to the Holy Spirit, that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out His Seraphim with the hallowed fire of His altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases. To this must be added select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs, till which in some measure be compassed, I refuse not to sustain this expectation." This is not the ideal of a mere scholar, as ...
— Life of John Milton • Richard Garnett

... pass through a dreadful ordeal when they arrive at the age of manhood, which is supposed to prepare them for the endurance of all future sufferings, and enables the chiefs to judge of their courage, and to select the bravest among them to lead ...
— The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Warburton

... of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought, if thou hadst them not. At the same time, however, take care that thou dost not through being so pleased with them accustom thyself to overvalue them, so ...
— Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus • Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

... only fair samples of thousands that have been received. Those given, present cases in almost every stage of treatment, some soon after commencing, others further advanced, and still others which are cured. If we could devote the space, and had we time to select them, we could insert an almost unlimited number of those received from patients who have been perfectly cured; but we think the reader will be more interested in expressions coming from patients in all stages ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce

... that they, too, shall learn, when time allows the complete correlation of diaries, the exact part which each unit played in these unforgettable days. It is rather accident than special distinction which had made it possible to select individual battalions ...
— World's War Events, Vol. I • Various


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