'Selecting' definitions:

Definition of 'Selecting'

From: GCIDE
  • Select \Se*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Selected; p. pr. & vb. n. Selecting.] 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. "One peculiar nation to select." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The pious chief . . . A hundred youths from all his train selects. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]