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take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"

a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

calculate the root of a number

separate (a metal) from an ore

take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"

a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

calculate the root of a number

separate (a metal) from an ore

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.

To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

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.

Extraction; descent.

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.

A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; - called also the extractive principle.

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.

To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

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.

Extraction; descent.

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.

A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; - called also the extractive principle.

To draw from a substance; to draw or pull out; to select.

An essential drawn out by heat or some chemical process; a quotation.

Extractable.

Extractum.

Active product resulting from evaporation of drugs.

To draw out by force or otherwise; to choose out or select; to find out; to distil.

Anything drawn from a substance by heat, distillation, etc., as an essence; a passage taken from a book or writing.

Anything drawn from a substance, as by heat, &c.; passage taken from a book or writing.

To draw out; select; take out.

To draw or pull out; obtain; select; quote.

Something extracted, as by distillation.

A selection, as from a book.

That which is extracted; a passage taken from a book or writing; anything drawn from a substance, as an essence, by heat, distillation, &c.; a peenlisr substance supposed to form the active principle of the vegetable in which it occurs.

To draw out by foree; to draw out, as the spirit or essence of a thing, by heat, distillation, or otherwise; to take out or select a part from, as a passage from a book or writing. To extract the root, to find the root of a number or quantity.

To draw out; to take out or from; to select.

That which is drawn out or from something else; a selection, as from a book; a tincture; a decoction.

Extractum- e. of Aconite, Extractum aconiti-e. of Aconite, alcoholic, Extractum aconiti alcoholicum-e. Alcoholic, see Extractum- e. of Aloes, Extractum aloes- e. of Bark, Extractum cinchonae-e. of Bark, resinous, Extractum einchonse resinosum-e. of Belladonna, Extractum belladonnas-e. of Belladonna, alcoholic, Extractum belladonna, alcoholicum- e. of Bittersweet, Extractum dulcamar -e. of Broom-tops, Extractum cacuminum genistae-e. of Butternut, Extractum juglandis-e. of Cascarilla, resinous. Extractum cascarillae resinosum-e. of Chamomile, E. anthemidis-e. of Cinchona, Extract of Colchicum- e. of Colchicum, acetic, Extractum Extractum colchici aceticum-e. of Colocynth, Extractum colocynthidis- e. of Colocynth, compound, Extractum colocynthidis compositum-e. of Cubebs, fluid, Extractum cubehas fluidum- e. of Dandelion, Extractum taraxaci-e. of Elaterium, Extractum elaterii- e. of Ergot, Ergotin- e. Ethereal, see Extractum- e. of Foxglove, Extractum digitalis-e. of Gentian, Extractum gentianas-e. of Hemlock, Extractum cieutm-e. of Hellebore, black, Extractum hellebori- e. of Hemlock, alcoholic, Extractum conii alcoholicum- e. of Henbane, Extractum hyoscyami- e. of Henbane, alcoholic, Extractum hyoscyami alcoholicum- e. of Hops, Extractum humili, E. lupuli- e. of Jalap, Extractum jalapae e. of Lettuce, Extractum lactucm- e. of Liquorice, Extractum glycyrrhizae-e. of Logwood, Extractum haematoxyli- e. of Mayapple, Extractum podophylli-e. of Meat, saponaceous, Osmazome- e. of Nux Vomica, Extractum nucis vomicae- e. of Oak-bark, Extractum corticis quercus- e. of Pareira Brava, Extractum porcine- e. of White Poppy, Extractum papaveris-e. of Quassia, Extractum quassiae-e. of Quinia, Extractum quiniae-e. of Rhatany, Extractum krameriae-e. of Rhubarb, Extractum rhei- e. of Rhubarb. fluid, Extractum rhei fluidum- e. of Rue, Ex. tractum rutae-e. of Sarsaparilla, Extractum sarsaparillte- e. of Sarsaparilla, fluid, Extractum sarsaparillas fluidum e. of Savine, Extractum foliorum sabinas- e. of Senna, fluid, Extractum sennae fluidum- e. of Spigelia and Senna, Extractum spigelim et sennae- e. of Stramonium, Extractum stramonii-e. of Uva Ursi, Extractum uvae ursi-e. of Valerian, Extractum valerianae -e. of Wormwood, Extractum cacuminum absinthii.

A preparation made by treating a drug with a solvent and evaporating the solution.

n. That which is extracted or drawn out;—a passage from a book or writing; a citation; a quotation; — any thing drawn from a substance by heat, solution, distillation, or chemical process.

To draw out of something; to draw by chemical operation; to take from something; to select and abstract from a larger treatise.

The substance extracted, the chief parts drawn from any thing; the chief heads drawn from a book.