abstractive

[(1) abstract, v.t.; (2) -ive = which may or can or does. In Fr. ab stractif. ] [ABSTRACT, v.t. ] 1. Active : Po e ing the power or quality of abstracting. 2. Pa ive: Abstracted or drawn from other substances, especially vegetables, without fermentation. abs-tract-ive-ly, adv . [ABSTRACTIVE.] In an abstractive manner, so as to be separated from anything else with which it is a ociated. "According to whatever capacity we distinctly or abstractively consider him, either as the Son of God, or as the Son of Man."-Barrow. abs-tract-ly, adv. [ABSTRACT.] In an abstract manner; in a state of separation from other ideas connected with it. "Matter, abstractly and absolutely considered, cannot have subsisted eternally."- Bentley : Sermons . abs-tract-ne , s. [ABSTRACT.] The quality or state of being separated from other ideas. which established prejudice or the abstractne of the ideas themselves might render difficult."-Locke.