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Webster 1913 Edition

Select

Se-lect′

,
Adj.
[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.
A few
select
spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
Macaulay.

Se-lect′

,
Verb.
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.
The pious chief . . .
A hundred youths from all his train
selects
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Select

SELECT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. selectus, from seligo; se, from, and lego, to pick, cull or gather.] 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 persual; to select the most interesting and virtuous men for associates.

SELECT'

,
Adj.
Nicely chosen; taken from a number by preference; choice; whence, preferable; more valuable or excellent than others; as a body of select troops; a select company or society; a library consisted of select authors.

Definition 2024

sélect

sélect

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French

Adjective

sélect m ‎(feminine singular sélecte, masculine plural sélects, feminine plural sélectes)

  1. select

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