pl.n. Selections from or parts of a literary work or group of works. Often used as a title. [Greek analekta, selected things, from neuter pl. of analektos, gathered together, from analegein, to gather : ana-, ana- + legein, to gather; see leg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] an′a·lectic adj. |
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