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Webster 1913 Edition

Extract

Ex-tract′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Extracted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Extracting
.]
[L.
extractus
, p. p. of
extrahere
to extract;
ex
out +
trahere
to draw. See
Trace
, and cf.
Estreat
.]
1.
To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.;
as, to
extract
a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger
.
The bee
Sits on the bloom
extracting
liquid sweet.
Milton.
2.
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process;
as, to
extract
an essence
. Cf.
Abstract
,
Verb.
T.
, 6.
Sunbeams may be
extracted
from cucumbers, but the process is tedious.
3.
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
I have
extracted
out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods.
Swift.
To extract the root
(Math.)
,
to ascertain the root of a number or quantity.

Ex′tractˊ

,
Noun.
1.
That which is extracted or drawn out.
2.
A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
3.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence;
as,
extract
of beef;
extract
of dandelion
; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained;
as, quinine is the most important
extract
of Peruvian bark
.
4.
(Med.)
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; – distinguished from an abstract. See
Abstract
,
Noun.
, 4.
5.
(Old Chem.)
A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; – called also the
extractive principle
.
[Obs.]
6.
Extraction; descent.
[Obs.]
South.
7.
(Scots Law)
A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.
Tomlins.

Webster 1828 Edition

Extract

EXTRACT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. extractus, from extraho; ex and traho, to draw.]
1.
To draw out; as, to extract a tooth.
2.
To draw out, as the juices or essence of a substance, by distillation, solution or other means; as, to extract spirit from the juice of the cane; to extract salts from ashes.
3.
To take out; to take from.
Woman is her name, of man
Extracted.
4.
To take out or select a part; to take a passage or passages from a book or writing.
I have extracted from the pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods.
5.
In a general sense, to draw from by any means or operation.

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