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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..

Abstractive :: Abstractive (a.) Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.

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..

Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Withdraw; separate.

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..

Doctrinaire :: Doctrinaire (n.) One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions..

#NAME? :: -ness () A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness..

Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.

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

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion..

Remote :: Remote (superl.) Separate; abstracted.

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..

Yoga :: Yoga (n.) A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties..

Number :: Number (n.) The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value.

Denominate :: Denominate (a.) Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound..

Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.

High :: High (superl.) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.

Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.

Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions..

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