extract

extract
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [An excerpt]
Syn. passage, citation, selection; see quotation 1 .
2. [Essence]
Syn. distillation, infusion, decoction; see essence 3 .
v.
1. [To pry out]
Syn. extort, extricate, pull out, pluck; see remove 1 .
2. [To obtain]
Syn. elicit, evoke, educe, derive, secure, extort, exact, wrest, deduce; see also obtain 1 .
3. [To cite]
Syn. excerpt, quote, select; see cite 2 .
Syn.- extract implies a drawing out of something, as if by pulling, sucking, etc. [ to extract a promise ] ; educe suggests a drawing out or evolving of something that is latent or undeveloped [ laws were educed from tribal customs ] ; elicit connotes difficulty or skill in drawing out something hidden or buried [ careful questioning elicited a reasonable account of the accident ] ; evoke implies a calling forth or summoning, as of a mental image, by stimuLating the emotions [ the odor evoked a memory of childhood ] ; extort suggests a forcing or wresting of something, as by violence or threats [ to extort a ransom ]
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. excerpt clipping, quotation, citation, abstract, passage.
2. distillation concentrate, distillate, essence, juice.
II
v.
remove, withdraw, pull, pluck, yank, extirpate, glean, pry, wrench, cull, reap, derive, wrest.
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To remove from a fixed position: pluck, pull, tear1. See PUT IN. 2. To collect (something) bit by bit: cull, garner, gather, glean, pick up. See COLLECT.

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