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abstracted
/əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/
adj 4
Collocations
4ADJ.
evil, historical, individual
VERB + ABSTRACTED
concern
ABSTRACTED + NOUN
sciences
PREP.
from
Definitions
adj
1
Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
the evil abstracted stood From his own evil,[…]
2
Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete.
I am not sure, that the best way of discussing any subject, except those, that concern the abstracted sciences, is not somewhat in the way of dialogue.
3
Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
The preſent Argument is the moſt abſtracted that ever I engaged in, it ſtrains my Faculties to their higheſt Stretch; and I deſire the Reader to attend with utmoſt perpenſity; For, I now proceed to unravel this knotty Point.
4
Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.
an abstracted scholar
I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?
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Idioms & Phrases
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401
the evil abstracted stood From his own evil,[…]
Wiktionary02
I am not sure, that the best way of discussing any subject, except those, that concern the abstracted sciences, is not somewhat in the way of dialogue.
Wiktionary03
The preſent Argument is the moſt abſtracted that ever I engaged in, it ſtrains my Faculties to their higheſt Stretch; and I deſire the Reader to attend with utmoſt perpenſity; For, I now proceed to un
Wiktionary04
Analyses of individual events abstracted from their historical context often come to erroneous conclusions.
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