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Search phrase: select

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Coriolanus	Cor I.vi.81	Though thanks to all, must I Selection'>select from all. The rest	(Though thankes to all) must I Selection'>select from all: / The rest
Hamlet	Ham I.iii.74	Are of a most Selection'>select and generous chief in that.	Are of a most Selection'>select and generous cheff in that.

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Glossary

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carve	choose, select [as of a slice of meat]
choice	picked company, select band
choose forth	select, pick out, make a choice
cull	select, pick out, choose
cull	select, pick out, choose
draw	choose, select, find
elect	pick out, choose, select
holiday	refined, select, genteel
minion	darling, favourite, select one
pluck	draw, find, select [as from a pack of cards]
prick	mark down, pick out, select [for death]
prick	choose, select, mark down
select	superior, refined, cultivated
single	[hunting] select from a herd, separate from other people

Thesaurus

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band, Selection'>select	choice
herd, Selection'>select from a	single
Selection'>select	choose forth
Selection'>select	cull
Selection'>select	cull
Selection'>select	draw
Selection'>select	elect
Selection'>select	holiday
Selection'>select	pluck
Selection'>select	prick
Selection'>select	prick
Selection'>select	carve
Selection'>select band	choice
Selection'>select from a herd	single

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Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
SELECT	BASIC	Selection'>select adj, Selection'>select n

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