Category:Select

Se*lect", a. Etym: [l. selectus, p. p. of seligere to select; pref. Se- aside + levere to gather. See legend.]

Defn: 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.

Select Se*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Selected; p. pr. & vb. n. Selecting.]

Defn: 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.