Select

sē-lekt′, v.t. to pick out from a number by preference: to choose: to cull.— adj. picked out: nicely chosen: choice: exclusive.— adj. Selec′ted .— adv. Selec′tedly .— ns. Selec′tedne ; Selec′tion , act of selecting: things selected: a book containing select pieces.— adj. Selec′tive .— adv. Selec′tively , by selection.— ns. Select′man , in New England towns, one of a board of officers chosen annually to manage various local concerns; Select′ne ; Select′or .— Select meeting , in the Society of Friends, a meeting of ministers and elders.— Natural selection , the preservation of some forms of animal and vegetable life and the destruction of others by the ordinary operation of natural causes. [L. seligĕre , selectum — se- , aside, legĕre , to choose.]