Definition of abstract

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Abstract (a.) To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects..

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Syllepsis :: Syllabus (n.) A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract..
Mooner :: Mooner (n.) One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about, as if moonstruck..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction..
Idea :: Idea (n.) A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract..
Symbol :: Symbol (n.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult..
Abstracted :: Abstracted (imp. & p. p.) of Abstrac.
Synoptic :: Synopsis (n.) A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus..
Congelation :: Congelation (n.) The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects..
Abstractiveness :: Abstractiveness (n.) The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.
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..
Self-involution :: Self-involution (n.) Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
Moon :: Moon (v. i.) To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.
Prescind :: Prescind (v. t.) To cut off; to abstract.
Abstractly :: Abstractly (adv.) In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6..
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