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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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..
Jalap :: "Jalap (n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa..
Prescind :: Prescind (v. t.) To cut off; to abstract.
Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers..
#NAME? :: -ness () A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness..
Headnote :: Headnote (n.) A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court..
Muse :: Muse (n.) Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study..
Self-involution :: Self-involution (n.) Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie..
Remote :: Remote (superl.) Separate; abstracted.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
Universal :: Universal (n.) A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it..
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..
Abstractness :: Abstractness (n.) The quality of being abstract.
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..
Brief :: Brief (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings..
Abstracter :: Abstracter (n.) One who abstracts, or makes an abstract..
Abstractive :: Abstractive (a.) Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.
Personification :: Personification (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands..
Abstractively :: Abstractively (adv.) In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself.
Abstracted :: Abstracted (imp. & p. p.) of Abstrac.
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