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1. ab.stract \ab-'strakt, 'ab-.\ \ab-'strak-(t)le-, 'ab-.\
\ab-'strak(t)-n*s, 'ab-.\ aj [ML abstractus, fr. L, pp. of abstrahere to
draw away, fr. abs-)X, ab- + trahere to draw - more at DRAW 1a:
disassociated from any specific instance {~ entity} 1b: difficult to
understand : ABSTRUSE {~ problems} 1c: IDEAL {~ justice} 1d:
insufficiently factual : FORMAL {possessed only an ~ r ight} 2: expressing
a quality apart from an object {honesty, whitenes s, triangularity are ~
words} 3a: dealing with a subject in its abstract aspects : THEORETICAL
3b: IMPERSONAL, DETACHED 4: having only intrinsic form with little or no
attempt at pictorial repre sentation {~ painting} - ab.stract.ly av
2. ab.stract \'ab-.strakt, in sense 2 also ab-'\ n [ME, fr. L abstractus]
1: SUMMARY, EPITOME 2: an abstract thing or state 3: ABSTRACTION
3. ab.stract or ab.stract.er \ab-'strakt, 'ab-., in sense 3 usu 'ab-.\ vt
1: REMOVE, SEPARATE 2: to consider apart from application to a particular
instance 3: to make an abstract of : SUMMARIZE 4: to draw away the
attention of 5: STEAL, PURLOIN - ab.stract.or n