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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Select

/səl-ĕkt'/ · Se·lect · IPA /sɪˈlɛkt/
01 a. Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selec…
  1. 1.
    Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.
    “A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.” — Macaulay.
02 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.
imp. & p. p. Selected; p. pr. & vb. n. Selecting
  1. 1.
    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.
    “The pious chief . . . A hundred youths from all his train selects.” — Dryden.