Word Meanings - PRESELECT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To select beforehand.

BEFOREHAND
1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison. 2. By way of preparation,
SELECTIVE
Selecting; tending to select. This selective providence of the Almighty. Bp. Hall.
SELECTEDLY
With care and selection.
SELECTMAN
One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town. The system of delegated
SELECTION
The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference. 2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books. Natural selection. See under Natural.
SELECT
Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice. A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater
SELECTOR
One who selects.
SELECTNESS
The quality or state of being select.
PRESELECT
To select beforehand.