extract

Something that is extracted or drawn out.

A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.

I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock.

A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue

extract of beef

Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained

quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.

A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).

A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.

Ancestry; descent.

A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

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