To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
To select parts of a whole
To determine (a root of a number).
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
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.
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 portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.
To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.
To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.
To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.
Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat.
To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.
Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.
To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.
To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)
Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc.