Abstract

abs-trakt′, v.t. to draw away: to separate: to purloin.— adj. Abstract′ed , drawn off (with from ): removed: absent in mind.— adv. Abstract′edly .— ns. Abstract′edne ; Abstrac′tion , act of abstracting: state of being abstracted: absence of mind: the operation of the mind by which certain qualities or attributes of an object are considered apart from the rest: a purloining.— adj. Abstract′ive , having the power of abstracting.— n. anything abstractive: an abstract.— adv. Abs′tractly .— n. Abs′tract ne . [L. abs , away from, trahĕre , tractum , to draw. See Trace .]