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Selected

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.

Wiktionary
selected
  1. That have been selected or chosen. v

  2. (en-past of: select)

WordNet
selected

adj. chosen in preference to another [ant: unselected]

Wikipedia
Selected (album)

Selected is the first compilation album released by the British musical project Recoil, fronted by Alan Wilder, released on April 19, 2010. The album features an eclectic mixture of vocalists including: Diamanda Galás, Joe Richardson, Douglas McCarthy, Samantha Coerbell, Siobhan Lynch, Toni Halliday, Nicole Blackman, Maggie Estep and Carla Trevaskis.

The tracks on Selected has been chosen by Alan Wilder who explained that the collection was made up of "his personal favourites, remastered and edited together into what I consider a cohesive and total listening experience." The tracks have been edited, where appropriate, by Wilder and Paul Kendall and re-mastered with Simon Heyworth at the Super Audio Mastering.

The album is available as a single CD, double CD with new remixes and alternative versions, chosen and edited together by Wilder and Paul Kendall, a limited edition 4-vinyl box, plus a limited edition deluxe 4-disc box set. The artwork for Selected was designed by Un.titled under the able guidance of Matt Culpin, with photographic work, both for the studio and live album, created by Simon Congdon.

Usage examples of "selected".

June 23 thirtynine leaves from North Wales, which were selected owing to objects of some kind adhering to them.

We selected couples we adjudged to be sufficiently useless to society that they would not be missed, in accordance with my policy.

In fact, an aggravation of the symptoms is evidence that the right remedy has been selected and is at work.

Relaxed after the hunt, warm under the limpid trees, a little stirred by the romance and the artifice, the English Ambassage lay listening, smiling, and watched the young man who had given Sir John Perrott a poor game, but had clearly been selected by the Scottish Queen for quite different talents.

There Amir waited with the Aman and four Arabic speaking men, selected from the crew to witness the wedding.

Amidst the crowd, our annalist has selected the names, colors, and devices, of twenty of the most conspicuous knights.

She selected the largest aspidistra and kissed one of its impassive shining surfaces.

Sonora Joe, who was one of the selected chiefs of our auriferous republic.

Thin arms and avaricious talons bit into cactus flesh without response, as the three slake-moths selected their victims, each grabbing hold of one of the entranced elders.

Only the best and baddest of the badasses got selected for the elite CIRG.

Richards selected an XL for its length and expected it to hang baggily on his frame, but it fit quite well.

She selected three, adding them to the small roast chicken, French baguette, and assorted vegetables in her shopping basket, and took it all over to the cashier.

There was handmade pottery bought on consignment from local artisans, selected cookware and bakeware, and hard-to-find kitchen gadgets.

According to the promise of their appearance, they were selected for the royal schools of Boursa, Pera, and Adrianople, intrusted to the care of the bashaws, or dispersed in the houses of the Anatolian peasantry.

My own father, who is still my father and who has now become Bencher, selected him and her.