| n. | 1. | The act of extracting, or drawing out; | ||||||
| 2. | Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. | |||||||
| 3. | That which is extracted; extract; essence. They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
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| Noun | 1. | extraction - the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means |
| 2. | extraction - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" | |
| 3. | extraction - the act of pulling out (as a tooth); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction" |
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