extract

n.

1. An excerpt

   passage, citation, selection; see quotation 1.

2. Essence

   distillation, infusion, decoction; see essence 3.

extract

v.

1. To pry out

   extort, extricate, pull out, pluck; see remove 1.

2. To obtain

   elicit, evoke, educe, derive, secure, extort, exact, wrest, deduce; see also obtain 1.

3. To cite

   excerpt, quote, select; see cite 2.

extract implies a drawing out of something, as if by pulling, sucking, etc.to extract a promise; educe suggests a drawing out or evolving of something that is latent or undeveloped laws were educed from tribal customs; elicit connotes difficulty or skill in drawing out something hidden or buried careful questioning elicited a reasonable account of the accident; evoke implies a calling forth or summoning, as of a mental image, by stimulating the emotions the odor evoked a memory of childhood; extort suggests a forcing or wresting of something, as by violence or threats to extort a ransom