We have spotted EXTRACT (7 Letters) a total of 6 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with EXTRACT and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
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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. |
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To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other
mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf.
Abstract, v. t., 6. |
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To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote,
as a passage from a book. |
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That which is extracted or drawn out. |
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A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a
citation; a quotation. |
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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. |
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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. |
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A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the
basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive
principle. |
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Extraction; descent. |
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A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the
proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for
execution. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
Usage among publishers:
- Wall Street Journal: Jan 11, 2024
- Universal: Mar 7, 2023
- Thomas Joseph: Oct 14, 2022
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