extract

EXTRACT', verb transitive [Latin extractus, from extraho; ex and traho, to draw.] 1. To draw out; as, to extract a tooth. 2. To draw out, as the juices or essence of a substance, by distillation, solution or other means; as, to extract spirit from the juice of the cane; to extract salts from ashes. 3. To take out; to take from. Woman is her name, of man EXTRACTed. 4. To take out or select a part; to take a passage or passages from a book or writing. I have extracted from the pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods. 5. In a general sense, to draw from by any means or operation. EX'TRACT, noun That which is extracted or drawn from something. 1. In literature, a passage taken from a book or writing. 2. In pharmacy, any thing drawn from a substance, as essences, tinctures, etc.; or a solution of the purer parts of a mixed body inspissated by distillation or evaporation, nearly to the consistence of honey. Any substance obtained by digesting vegetable substances in water, and evaporating them to a solid consistence. 3. In chimistry, a peculiar principle, supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; called also the extractive principle. 4. Extraction; descent. [Not now used.]