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get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions" separate (a metal) from an ore draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" calculate the root of a number take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James'' philosophical writings" obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" |
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