EXTRACT

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us, past participle of extrahere, from ex- + trahere to draw Date: 15th century 1. to draw forth (as by research) , to pull or take out forcibly , to obtain by much effort from someone unwilling , 2. to withdraw (as a juice or fraction) by physical or chemical process, to treat with a solvent so as to remove a soluble substance, to separate (a metal) from an ore, to determine (a mathematical root) by calculation, to select (excerpts) and copy out or cite, see: educe ~ability noun ~able adjective II. noun Date: 15th century a selection from a writing or discourse ; excerpt , a product (as an essence or concentrate) prepared by ~ing