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. "One peculiar nation to select."
--Milton.
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The pious chief . . .
A hundred youths from all his train selects. --Dryden.
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