ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’

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verb | ikˈstrakt | with object

remove or take out, especially by effort or force:

｟かたく｠ «…から» 〈物〉を取り除く; …を引き抜く, 抜き出す «from»

e.g. the decayed tooth will have to be extracted.

obtain (something such as money or an admission) from someone in the face of initial unwillingness:

【人から】(無理に)〈情報･金など〉を引き出す, 聞き出す; «…から» 〈楽しみなど〉をなんとか見いだす «from» ; 〖～ oneself〗 【心地よい場所から】しぶしぶ立ち去る «from»

e.g. I won't let you go without trying to extract a promise from you.

obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method:

【別の物質から】〈ある物質〉を抽出する, 採取する; …を絞り取る «from»

e.g. lead was extracted from the copper.

select (a passage from a piece of writing, music, or film) for quotation, performance, or reproduction:

【本などから】〈句など〉を引用する, 抜き出す, 抜粋する «from»

e.g. the table is extracted from the report.

derive (an idea or the evidence for it) from a body of information:

e.g. the desire to extract meaningful lessons from a few experiments.

Mathematics calculate (a root of a number).

〘数〙 〈根〉を求める

noun | ˈekˌstrakt |

1. a short passage taken from a piece of writing, music, or film:

【本･楽曲からの】抜粋, 引用章句(excerpt) «from» .

e.g. an extract from a historical film.

2. a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form:

精, エキス, 抽出物(essence)

e.g. vanilla extract

e.g. extract of chamomile.

extractability | ikˌstraktəˈbilitē | noun

extractable | ikˈstraktəb(ə)l | adjective

late Middle English: from Latin extract- ‘drawn out’, from the verb extrahere, from ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’.