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Meaning
Noun
●
Something that is
extracted
or
drawn
out.
●
A
portion
of a
book
or
document
,
incorporated
distinctly
in another work; 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
●
Any
substance
extracted
is such a way, and
characteristic
of that from which it is obtained
●
A
solid
preparation
obtained
by
evaporating
a
solution
of a
drug
, etc; or the
fresh
juice
of a
plant
(distinguished from an abstract).
●
A
peculiar
principle
(fundamental
essence
) once
erroneously
supposed
to form the
basis
of all
vegetable
extracts.
●
Ancestry; descent.
●
A
draft
or
copy
of
writing
; a
certified
copy
of the
proceedings
in an
action
and the
judgment
therein, with an order for execution.
Verb
●
To
draw out
; to
pull out
; to
remove
forcibly
from a
fixed
position
, as by
traction
or
suction
, etc.
●
To
withdraw
by
squeezing
,
distillation
, or other
mechanical
or
chemical
process. Compare
abstract
(transitive verb).
●
To choose out; to
cite
or
quote
,
for example
a
passage
from a text.
●
To
select
parts
of a whole
●
In Arithmetic:
To
determine
(a
root
of a number).
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
extract
English
extractum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Extraction
Origin
Outdraw
Decrement
Deduction
Reduction
Extractive Principle
Sunder Out
Get Out
Press Out
Related
Harvest
Remove
Produce
Obtain
Isolate
Retrieve
Derive
Import
Collect
Absorb
Distill
Generate
Capture
Synthesize
Gather
Recover
Acquire
Export
Analyze
Convert
Excerpt
Detect
Infuse
Identify
Transfer
Paste
Separate
Decoction
Procure
Process
Juice
Brew
Store
Tincture
Analyse
Locate
Contain
Calculate
Exploit
Classify
Compute
Supplement
Leaf
Carbonate
Filter
Mine
Draw
Transform
Select
Fetch
Access
Infer
Oil
Powder
Retain
Discover
Compound
Herb
Distinguish
Solubilize
Gain
Preprocess
Inject
Essential Oil
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Rhymes
Act
Fact
Pact
Tact
Enact
Exact
Fract
React
Tract
Redact
Intact
Impact
Outact
Retract
Detract
Extract
Attract
Contact
Refract
Frakked
Underact
Interact
Distract
Counteract
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