Definition of abstract

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Abstract (a.) Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, reptile is an abstract or general name..

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Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To withdraw; to separate; to take away.
Abstract :: Abstract (v. t.) To perform the process of abstraction.
Abstracting :: Abstracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstrac.
Abstracted :: Abstracted (imp. & p. p.) of Abstrac.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects..
Moon :: Moon (v. i.) To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.
Inabstracted :: Inabstracted (a.) Not abstracted.
In :: In (prep.) With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear..
#NAME? :: -ion () A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or process of revolving; construction, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction..
Prescind :: Prescind (v. t.) To cut off; to abstract.
Staringly :: Stargasing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction..
Self-involution :: Self-involution (n.) Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie..
Anhydride :: Anhydride (n.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water..
Freeze :: Freeze (v. i.) To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used..
Theory :: Theory (n.) An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music..
Extract :: Extract (n.) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4..
Summation :: Summary (a.) A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account..
Argument :: Argument (n.) The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem..
Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
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