| Extract (extract) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Ex*tract" |
| [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. Estrea |
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.
To withdraw by expression, distillation,
or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an
essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
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| Extract (extract) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Ex"tract` |
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That which is extracted or drawn out.
A portion of a book or document,
separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
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.
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.
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