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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Extract \Ex"tract`\, n.
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 drawing 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}, n., 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.

{Fluid extract} (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation,
containing a definite proportion of the active principles
of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of
extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Extract \Ex*tract"\, v. 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}, v. 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

extract
n 1: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance
(usually in water) [syn: {infusion}]
2: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented
excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn:
{excerpt}, {selection}]
v 1: draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also
used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad
tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from
the telegram" [syn: {pull out}, {pull}, {pull up}, {take
out}, {draw out}]
2: get despite difficulties or obstacles: "I extracted a
promise from the Dean for two ne positions"
3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
some interesting linguistic data from the native
informant" [syn: {educe}, {evoke}, {elicit}, {draw out}]
4: extract by distillation, make by distillation [syn: {distill},
{distil}]
5: separate (a metal) from an ore
6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians
express coffee rather than filter it" [syn: {press out}, {express}]
7: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn: {excerpt},
{take out}]
8: calculate the root of a number


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