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ex⋅tract

[v. ik-strakt or, especially for 5, ek-strakt; n. ek-strakt]

–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.

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

To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort: extract a wisdom tooth; used tweezers to extract the splinter.
To obtain despite resistance: extract a promise.
To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.
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.
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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Extract

Ex*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extracting.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Estreat.]

1. 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.

The bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet. --Milton.

2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.

Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious.

3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods. --Swift.

To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a number or quantity.

Extract

Ex"tract`\, n. 1. That which is extracted or drawn out.

2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.

3. 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.

4. (Med.) 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.

5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. [Obs.]

6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.] --South.

7. (Scots Law) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution. --Tomlins.

Fluid extract (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.

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Language Translation for : extract

Spanish: extraer,

German: herausholen, ziehen,

Japanese: 抜きとる

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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.

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

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

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

To draw or pull out, using force or effort.
To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.
To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.
To determine or calculate the root of a number.

n. (ěk'strākt')
Abbr. ext.

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.
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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