Seld
(Seld) a. [See Seldom.] Rare; uncommon; unusual. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Seld
(Seld), adv. Rarely; seldom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Selden
(Sel"den) adv. Seldom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Seldom
(Sel"dom) adv. [Usually, Compar. More seldom (mor"); superl. Most seldom (most"); but
sometimes also, Seldomer Seldomest.] [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries.
sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. sällan, Goth. sildaleiks
marvelous.] Rarely; not often; not frequently.
Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one.
Hooker. Seldom
(Sel"dom) a. Rare; infrequent. [Archaic.] "A suppressed and seldom anger." Jer. Taylor.
Seldomness
(Sel"dom*ness), n. Rareness. Hooker.
Seldseen
(Seld"seen`) a. [AS. seldsiene.] Seldom seen. [Obs.] Drayton.
Seldshewn
(Seld"shewn`) a. [Seld + shown.] Rarely shown or exhibited. [Obs.] Shak.
Select
(Se*lect") a. [L. selectus, p. p. of seligere to select; pref. se- aside + levere to gather. See
Legend.] 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 teacher.
Macaulay. 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.
The pious chief . . .
A hundred youths from all his train selects.
Dryden. Selectedly
(Se*lect"ed*ly), adv. With care and selection. [R.]
Selection
(Se*lec"tion) n. [L. selectio: cf. F. sélection.] . 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. (Biol.) See under Natural.
Selective
(Se*lect"ive) a. Selecting; tending to select.
This selective providence of the Almighty.
Bp. Hall.
