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OBJECT
BEFORE
CLAIM.
THE PRIMARY OBJECT WAS NOT CHECKED.
Source-reported lexicographic date. The underlying 1565 primary object was not directly inspected.
Present-Day EnglishFirst known adjective use reported as 1565established
select
Merriam-Webster first-known-use record for select
- WITNESS TYPE
- Lexicographic first-use report
- YEAR
- 1565
- LOCATOR
- First Known Use, adjective
- REPOSITORY
- Not recorded
- SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
- Not recorded
- FACSIMILE
- Not linked
- DIRECT INSPECTION
- No
- CONFIDENCE
- established
WORD DOSSIERselect ↗
CANONICAL FORM NODENODE 272 ↗
01
BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE
THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM
- TITLE
- Select — Definition and Word History
- AUTHOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- CITATION KEY
- mw-select