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abstract(1) (iou)



abstract adjective & noun. ['abstrakt] LME.
[Old French, or Latin abstractus pa. pple of abstrahere, formed as ABS- + trahere draw.]
A. adjective.
Derived, extracted. LME-L15.
= ABSTRACTED 1. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Separated from matter, practice, or particular examples; not concrete; ideal; abstruse. LME.
abstract noun: denoting a quality or state.
R. Cudworth Pure, Abstract, Incorporeal Substances. E. Hemingway Abstract words, such as glory, honour, courage, or hallow were obscene.
b. Of art etc.: free from representational qualities. M19.
abstract expressionism a movement or style of painting, originating in New York in the 1940s, and often using techniques such as action painting to allow the artist spontaneous freedom of expression.
= ABSTRACTED 3. Now rare. E16.
D. H. Lawrence White and abstract-looking, he sat and ate his dinner.
b. noun.
I.
a. An abridgement or summary of a book, document, etc. LME.
abstract of title (in unregistered conveyancing) a summary giving details of the title deeds and documents that prove an owner's right to dispose of land, together with any encumbrances that relate to the property.
b. gen. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of another greater thing or other things. M16.
Shakespeare Anthony & Cleopatra A man who is the abstract of all faults That all men follow.
An abstraction; an abstract term. M16.
An abstract painting or other work of art. M20.
II.
absol. That which is abstract; the ideal or theoretical way of regarding things. E17.
? At first a pple as well as adjective, stressed on 2nd syll.; as pple replaced by abstracted.
abstractly adverb LME.
abstractness noun L16.