Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-TRACT', v.t. [L. extractus, from extraho; ex and traho, to draw. See Draw and Drag. Sp. extraer; It. estrarre; Fr. extraire.]

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. Milton.
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. Swift.
5. In a general sense, to draw from by any means or operation.