Definition of abstract

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Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till..

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Absence :: Absence (n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind..
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 act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
Syllepsis :: Syllabus (n.) A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract..
Abstractionist :: Abstractionist (n.) An idealist.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till..
Eikon :: Eikon (n.) An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..
Defiliation :: Defiliation (n.) Abstraction of a child from its parents.
Inabstracted :: Inabstracted (a.) Not abstracted.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, reptile is an abstract or general name..
Prescind :: Prescind (v. t.) To cut off; to abstract.
Staringly :: Stargasing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction..
Abbreviature :: Abbreviature (n.) An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
Concrete :: Concrete (a.) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
Depth :: Depth (n.) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.
Abstractive :: Abstractive (a.) Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.
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