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ex⋅tract

  [v. ik-strakt or, especially for 5, ek-strakt; n. ek-strakt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force: to extract a tooth.
2. to deduce (a doctrine, principle, interpretation, etc.): He extracted a completely personal meaning from what was said.
3. to derive or obtain (pleasure, comfort, etc.) from a particular source: He extracted satisfaction from the success of his sons.
4. to take or copy out (matter), as from a book.
5. to make excerpts from (a book, pamphlet, etc.).
6. to extort (information, money, etc.): to extract a secret from someone.
7. to separate or obtain (a juice, ingredient, etc.) from a mixture by pressure, distillation, treatment with solvents, or the like.
8. Mathematics.
a. to determine (the root of a quantity that has a single root).
b. to determine (a root of a quantity that has multiple roots).
–noun
9. something extracted.
10. a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; excerpt; quotation.
11. a solution or preparation containing the active principles of a drug, plant juice, or the like; concentrated solution: vanilla extract.
12. a solid, viscid, or liquid substance extracted from a plant, drug, or the like, containing its essence in concentrated form: beef extract.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L extractus (ptp. of extrahere). See ex- 1 , tract 1

Related forms:
ex⋅tract⋅a⋅ble, ex⋅tract⋅i⋅ble, adjective
ex⋅tract⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, ex⋅tract⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. pry out. 6. evoke, educe, draw out, elicit. Extract, exact, extort, wrest imply using force to remove something. To extract is to draw forth something as by pulling, importuning, or the like: to extract a confession by torture. To exact is to impose a penalty, or to obtain by force or authority, something to which one lays claim: to exact payment. To extort is to wring something by intimidation or threats from an unwilling person: to extort money by threats of blackmail. To wrest is to take by force or violence in spite of active resistance: The courageous minority wrested power from their oppressors. 7. withdraw, distill. 10. citation, selection. 11. decoction, distillation.
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ex·tract   (ĭk-strākt')   
tr.v.   ex·tract·ed, ex·tract·ing, ex·tracts

  1. To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort: extract a wisdom tooth; used tweezers to extract the splinter.

  2. To obtain despite resistance: extract a promise.

  3. To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.

  4. To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.

    1. To derive or obtain (information, for example) from a source.

    2. To deduce (a principle or doctrine); construe (a meaning).

    3. To derive (pleasure or comfort) from an experience.

  6. Mathematics To determine or calculate (the root of a number).

n.   (ěk'strākt')
Something extracted, especially:
a. A passage from a literary work; an excerpt.

[Middle English extracten, from Latin extrahere, extract- : ex-, ex- + trahere, to draw.]
ex·tract'a·ble, ex·tract'i·ble adj., ex·trac'tor n.
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Word Origin & History

extract  (v.)
c.1489, from L. extractus, pp. of extrahere "draw out," from ex- "out" + trahere "to draw" (see tract (1)). The noun is first recorded 1549.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·tract
Pronunciation: 'ek-"strakt
Function: noun
: a certified copy of a document that forms part of or is preserved in a public record
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1ex·tract
Pronunciation: ik-'strakt
Function: transitive verb
1 : to pull or take out forcibly<extracted a wisdom tooth>
2 : to withdraw (as the medicinally active components of a plant or animal tissue) by physical or chemical process; also : to treat with a solvent so as to remove a soluble substance —ex·tract·abil·i·ty /ik-"strak-t&-'bil-&t-E, (")ek-/ noun plural -ties
—ex·tract·able also ex·tract·ible /ik-'strak-t&-b&l, 'ek-"/ adjective

Main Entry: 2ex·tract
Pronunciation: 'ek-"strakt
Function: noun
: something prepared by extracting; especially : amedicinally active pharmaceutical solution
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Medical Dictionary

extract ex·tract (ĭk-strākt')
v. ex·tract·ed, ex·tract·ing, ex·tracts

  1. To draw or pull out, using force or effort.

  2. To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.

  3. To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.

  4. To determine or calculate the root of a number.

n. (ěk'strākt')
Abbr. ext.

  1. A concentrated preparation of a drug obtained by removing the active constituents of the drug with suitable solvents, evaporating all or nearly all of the solvent, and adjusting the residual mass or powder to the prescribed standard.

  2. A preparation of the essential constituents of a food or a flavoring; a concentrate.

ex·tract'a·ble or ex·tract'i·ble adj.
ex·trac'tor n.

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