Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Abstersive (2)

Ab‐ster″sive, n. Something cleansing.The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate.Milton.

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Abstersiveness

Ab‐ster″sive‐ness, n. The quality of being abstersive. Fuller.

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Abstinence

Ab″sti‐nence (�), n. [F. abstinence, L. abstinentia, fr. abstinere. See Abstain.] 1. The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refra...

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Abstinency

Ab″sti‐nen‐cy (�), n. Abstinence.

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Abstinent

Ab″sti‐nent (�), a. [F. abstinent, L. abstinens, p. pr. of abstinere. See Abstain.] Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent...

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Abstinent (2)

Ab″sti‐nent, n. 1. One who abstains.2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

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Abstinently

Ab″sti‐nent‐ly, adv. With abstinence.

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Abstorted

Ab‐stort″ed (�), a. [As if fr. abstort, fr. L. ab, abs + tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist.] Wrested away. Bailey.

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Abstract

Ab″stract′ (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See Trace.] 1. Withdraw; separate.The more abstract... we are from...

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Abstract (2)

Ab‐stract″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Abstracted; p. pr. & vb. n.Abstracting.] [See Abstract, a.]1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away.He was incapable of forming any opinion o...

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Abstract (3)

Ab‐stract″, v. t. To perform the process of abstraction.I own myself able to abstract in one sense.Berkeley.

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Abstract (4)

Ab″stract′ (�), n. [See Abstract, a.] 1. That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary o...

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Abstracted

Ab‐stract″ed (�), a. 1. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.The evil abstracted stood from his own evil.Milton.2. Separated from matter; abstract; ideal.3. Abst...

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Abstractedly

Ab‐stract″ed‐ly, adv. In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.

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Abstractedness

Ab‐stract″ed‐ness, n. The state of being abstracted; abstract character.

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Abstracter

Ab‐stract″er (�), n. One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.

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Abstraction

Ab‐strac″tion (�), n. [Cf. F. abstraction. See Abstract, a.] 1. The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.A wrongful abstra...

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Abstractional

Ab‐strac″tion‐al (�), a. Pertaining to abstraction.

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Abstractionist

Ab‐strac″tion‐ist, n. An idealist. Emerson.

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Abstractitious

Ab′strac‐ti″tious (�), a. Obtained from plants by distillation. Crabb.

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Abstractive

Ab‐strac″tive (�), a. [Cf. F. abstractif.] Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. “The abstractive faculty.” I. Taylor.

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Abstractively

Ab‐strac″tive‐ly, adv. In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham.

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Abstractiveness

Ab‐strac″tive‐ness, n. The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.

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Abstractly

Ab″stract′ly (#; 277), adv. In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.

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Abstractness

Ab″stract′ness, n. The quality of being abstract. “The abstractness of the ideas.” Locke.

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Abstringe

Ab‐stringe″ (�), v. t. [L ab + stringere, strictum, to press together.] To unbind. Bailey.

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Abstrude

Ab‐strude″ (�), v. t. [L. abstrudere. See Abstruse.] To thrust away. Johnson.