Definition of abstract

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Abstract (a.) A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things..

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Figure :: Figure (n.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement..
Mooner :: Mooner (n.) One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about, as if moonstruck..
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..
#NAME? :: -ion () A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or process of revolving; construction, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction..
Personification :: Personification (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands..
Unbending :: Unbending (a.) Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths..
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Aphorism :: Aphorism (n.) A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters.
Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers..
Abstractional :: Abstractional (a.) Pertaining to abstraction.
Absent-minded :: Absent-minded (a.) Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, reptile is an abstract or general name..
Abstract :: Abstract (v. t.) To perform the process of abstraction.
Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
Eikon :: Eikon (n.) An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Abstracted; absent in mind.
Jalap :: "Jalap (n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To withdraw; to separate; to take away.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
Freeze :: Freeze (v. i.) To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body.
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