• noun:   a passage selected from a larger work
• noun:   a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
• verb:   get despite difficulties or obstacles

  Example: "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"

• verb:   calculate the root of a number
• verb:   draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

  Example: "Extract a bad tooth"

• verb:   separate (a metal) from an ore
• verb:   extract by the process of distillation
• verb:   take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
• verb:   obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
• verb:   deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

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