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To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.

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Analecta 76% connected

A collection of literary fragments.

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Analects 76% connected

Alt. of Analecta

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Chrestomathy 76% connected

A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

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Citation 76% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

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Clipping 76% connected

of Clip

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Cutting 76% connected

of Cut

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Quotation 76% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

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Quote 76% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Choose 76% connected

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Passage 76% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Select 76% connected

Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Excerption 92% connected

The act of excerpting or selecting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Extract 92% connected

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,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Selection 92% connected

The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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