Definition of abstract

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Abstract (a.) That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief..

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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..
Absent-minded :: Absent-minded (a.) Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
Precis :: Precis (n.) A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a summary.
Laving :: Laving (v. i.) Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things..
Moon :: Moon (v. i.) To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects..
Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
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..
#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..
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..
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..
Detachment :: Detachment (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
Abstractedly :: Abstractedly (adv.) In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
Concept :: Concept (n.) An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
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..
Abstractively :: Abstractively (adv.) In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself.
Brief :: Brief (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings..
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