Abstracted

Abstracted
Abstract Ab*stract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abstracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abstracting}.] [See {Abstract}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away. [1913 Webster]

He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

2. To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects. [1913 Webster]

The young stranger had been abstracted and silent. --Blackw. Mag. [1913 Webster]

3. To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute. --Whately. [1913 Webster]

4. To epitomize; to abridge. --Franklin. [1913 Webster]

5. To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till. [1913 Webster]

Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


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  • Abstracted — Ab*stract ed, a. 1. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. [1913 Webster] The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Separated from matter; abstract; ideal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. Abstract; abstruse;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • abstracted — abstracted, preoccupied, absent, absentminded, distraught are comparable when they mean inattentive to what presently claims or demands consideration. Abstracted implies absorption of the mind in something other than one’s surroundings, and often …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • abstracted — index compact (pithy), concise, disconnected, oblivious, pensive, perfunctory, thoughtless Burton …   Law dictionary

  • abstracted — [adj] preoccupied absent minded, daydreaming, inattentive, lost in thought, out in space*, out to lunch*, remote, withdrawn; concept 403 …   New thesaurus

  • abstracted — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not concentrating on what is happening; preoccupied. DERIVATIVES abstractedly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • abstracted — [ab strak′tid] adj. 1. removed or separated (from something) 2. withdrawn in mind; absent minded SYN. ABSENT MINDED abstractedly adv. abstractedness n …   English World dictionary

  • abstracted — adjective Date: 1643 1. withdrawn in mind ; inattentive to one s surroundings < said hello but seemed abstracted > 2. abstract 4 < abstracted geometric shapes > • abstractedly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • abstracted — [[t]æbstræ̱ktɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is abstracted is thinking so deeply that they are not fully aware of what is happening around them. [WRITTEN] Meg was so abstracted she scarcely noticed that the train had stopped... The same abstracted …   English dictionary

  • abstracted — adjective /æbˈstræktɪd/ a) Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. Milton b) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind. An abstracted scholar. Johnson …   Wiktionary

  • abstracted — adjective I apologize for being so abstracted when you were talking Syn: absentminded, distracted, preoccupied, in a world of one s own, with one s head in the clouds, daydreaming, dreamy, inattentive, thoughtful, pensive, lost in thought, deep… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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