Bible Dictionaries
Select

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal.

(2):

(a.) Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Select'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/select.html. 1828.