Word of the Day - extract

extract

extract Verb/ɪkˈstrakt/
extract Noun/ˈɛkstrakt/
verb
[with object]
1 Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.
1.1 Obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method.
1.2 Obtain (something such as money or information) from someone unwilling to give it.
1.3 Select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction.
1.4 Derive (an idea) from a body of information.
2 Mathematics - Calculate (a root of a number)
noun
1 A short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.
2 A preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form.

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

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After ODO recommended "decoct" which we used back in 2013, I decided to try to extract some benefit from their choice, which definition included extract, so there.