[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abstract \abstract"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. abstracted; p. pr.
    vb. n. abstracting. see abstract, a.
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   1. to withdraw; to separate; to take away.
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            he was incapable of forming any opinion or
            resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. --sir
                                                  w. scott.
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   2. to draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his
      was wholly abstracted by other objects.
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            the young stranger had been abstracted and silent.
                                                  --blackw. mag.
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   3. to separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to
      consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a
      quality or attribute. --whately.
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   4. to epitomize; to abridge. --franklin.
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   5. to take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to
      abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.
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            von rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins
            from the harness.                     --w. black.
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   6. chem. 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.
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see also:
abstracted abstracting abstract 

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