Selecting

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

  Select \Se*lect"\, 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.


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           The pious chief . . .
           A hundred youths from all his train selects. --Dryden.
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