Excerption: alternatives and connections

A collection of literary fragments.

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Alt. of Analecta

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

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

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of Clip

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of Cut

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of Cut

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The act of quoting or citing.

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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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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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Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in prefe…

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The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.

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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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To throw; to pitch.

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

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

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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,…

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

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