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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Select \Se*lect"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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