ABSTRACT
verb
Definitions
- 1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away. He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. Sir W. Scott.
- 2. To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects. The young stranger had been abstracted and silent. Blackw. Mag.
- 3. To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute. Whately.
- 4. To epitomize; to abridge. Franklin.
- 5. To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till. Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness. W. Black.
- 6. 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.
Other Definitions
This word also has 2 other definitions:
ABSTRACT
(adjective)
1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris.
2. Considered apart from any application to a particular object; ...
ABSTRACT
(noun)
1. That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitom...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
