Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
chosen in preference to another;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The pious chief . . .
A hundred youths from all his train selects. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
selected
adj 1: chosen in preference to another [ant: unselected]