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Extract(medicine)
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extract verb trans. LME.
[Latin extract- pa. ppl stem of extrahere, formed as EX-1 1 + trahere draw.]
Draw out of a containing body or cavity, usu. with some degree of force, effort, dexterity, etc.; remove (something firmly fixed, esp. a tooth). LME.
Shakespeare Measure for Measure Putting the hand in the pocket and extracting it clutch'd. S. Kingsley Jacob..extracts a horseshoe from the fire. E. J. Howard He extracted a battered packet of Gold Flake from the breast pocket of his shirt.
b. Get (money, consent, a confession, etc.) from a person in the face of initial unwillingness. LME.
H. James He extracted from Mrs Touchett a promise that she would bring her niece.
Obtain (constituent elements, juices, etc.) from a thing or substance by chemical or physical means. LME.
N. Calder To extract vast quantities of metal from low-grade ores.
b. Subject (a substance or thing) to a chemical or physical procedure in order to obtain a constituent. L19.
In pass. Be derived or descended (from). Also foll. by of. L15-L17.
Derive (happiness, amusement, understanding, etc.) from a specified source or situation; draw out (the sense of something); infer (a principle, right, etc.). L16.
George Eliot [He] means to extract the utmost possible amount of pleasure..out of this life. J. Braine My brain..began to extract the hard inescapable facts from the scrawled figures and abbreviations.
Math. Calculate (a root of a number). L16.
Scots Law. Make a copy of (a recorded judgement) with a view to executing it. L16.
Take (a part) from a whole; esp. copy out (a passage in a book etc.). (Foll. by from, out of.) L16.
Milton Woman is her Name, of Man Extracted. G. Saintsbury A great many maxims..might be extracted from his works.
extracta'bility noun the quality of being extractable M20.
extractable adjective able to be extracted L17.
extracted ppl adjective derived, drawn out; spec. (of an animal) obtained by controlled breeding; (of honey) separated from the uncrushed comb by centrifugal force or gravity: L17.
extracting ppl adjective (a) rare (Shakes.) distracting; (b) that extracts: E17.