Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SE-LECT'
SE-LECT', v.t. [L. selectus, from seligo; se, from, and lego, to pick, cull or gather.]
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; to select the most interesting and virtuous men for associates.
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