What is to separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute. Whately called?
abstract — To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute. Whately. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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