[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

select \select"\, v. t. 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.
   1913 webster

         the pious chief . . .
         a hundred youths from all his train selects. --dryden.
   1913 webster
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