(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.

Able to be abstracted; able to be made abstract.

plural of abstractness

The property of being abstractive.

(euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. / (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.

(obsolete) Derived; extracted. / (now rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate. / Insufficiently factual. / Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.

(transitive) To separate; to disengage. / (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw. / (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. / Concentrated essence of a product. / (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.

(rare) comparative form of abstract: more abstract

One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. / Someone that finds and summarizes information for legal or insurance work. / An accounting clerk who records payroll deductions.