See Also: EXTRACT(law)
Extract(medicine)
extract(1)(dictionary)
extract(2)(dictionary)
extract(dictionary)
Allergen extract(health)
extract 1, verb(dictionary)
extract 2, noun(dictionary)
yeast extract(dictionary)
Essence or extract(recipes)

extract(2) (iou)



extract noun. LME.
[Latin extractum use as noun of neut. of extractus pa. pple to extrahere: see EXTRACT verb.]
A summary, an outline. LME-M17.
Scots Law. A warrant empowering the performance of some judicial act; a properly authenticated copy of a legal or public record. M16.
Something drawn or taken out of a thing; fig. the essential part of a matter. L16-M17.
N. Bacon The extract of all is, that he was chosen by the People and Parliament.
A substance extracted from another substance or a thing, e.g. by treating with solvents which are then evaporated; a preparation containing the active principle of a substance in concentrated form. L16.
malt extract, pituitary extract, etc. fluid extract: see FLUID adjective.
L. van der Post The designs were..dyed ink-black with some vegetable extract.
A passage from a book, manuscript, etc.; an excerpt, a quotation. M17.
L. C. Knights Place beside the extract quoted from Halifax a passage..from Love for Love.
= EXTRACTION 2. M17-L18.
J. Morse The first child of European extract, born in New England.