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AbstractedAbstract 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 or
resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. --Sir
W. Scott.
2. To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his
was wholly abstracted by other objects.
The young stranger had been abstracted and silent.
--Blackw. Mag.
3. To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to
consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a
quality or attribute. --Whately.
4. To epitomize; to abridge. --Franklin.
5. To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to
abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.
Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins
from the harness. --W. Black.
6. (Chem.) To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts
of a substance, by distillation or other chemical
processes. In this sense extract is now more generally
used. Abstracted
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 Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.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. [Obs.]
3. Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [Obs.] --Johnson.
4. Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind. ``An
abstracted scholar.' --Johnson.
Abstractedly
Abstractedly Ab*stract"ed*ly, adv.
In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
Abstractedness
Abstractedness Ab*stract"ed*ness, n.
The state of being abstracted; abstract character.
Abstracter
Abstracter Ab*stract"er, n.
One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.
AttractedAttract At*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attracted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Attracting.] [L. attractus, p. p. of attrahere; ad +
trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t.]
1. To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to
approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist
divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract
themselves and one another. --Derham.
2. To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to
engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or
allure; as, to attract admirers.
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --Milton.
Syn: To draw; allure; invite; entice; influence. Attracter
Attracter At*tract"er, n.
One who, or that which, attracts.
Contracted
Contracted Con*tract"ed, a.
1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a
contracted brow; a contracted noun.
2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind;
contracted views.
3. Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace.
Inquire me out contracted bachelors. --Shak.
Contractedness
Contractedness Con*tract"ed*ness, n.
The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness;
selfishness.
Detracter
Detracter De*tract"er, n.
One who detracts; a detractor.
Other detracters and malicious writers. --Sir T.
North.
Distracted
Distracted Dis*tract"ed, a.
Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
My distracted mind. --Pope.
DistractedDistract Dis*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p.
p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]
1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller.
2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
eye; to distract the attention.
Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
--Goldsmith.
3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts.
--Milton.
4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
distracted.
A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
--Shak. Distractedly
Distractedly Dis*tract"ed*ly, adv.
Disjointedly; madly. --Shak.
Distractedness
Distractedness Dis*tract"ed*ness, n.
A state of being distracted; distraction. --Bp. Hall.
Distracter
Distracter Dis*tract"er, n.
One who, or that which, distracts away.
ExtractedExtract Ex*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extracted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Extracting.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to
extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf.
Estreat.]
1. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from
a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to
extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a
splinter from the finger.
The bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
--Milton.
2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other
mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence.
Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the
process is tedious.
3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as
a passage from a book.
I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few
notorious falsehoods. --Swift.
To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a
number or quantity. Inabstracted
Inabstracted In`ab*stract"ed, a.
Not abstracted.
Incontracted
Incontracted In`con*tract"ed, a.
Uncontracted. [Obs.] --Blackwall.
PrecontractedPrecontract Pre`con*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Precontracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Precontracting.]
To contract, engage, or stipulate previously. ProtractedProtract Pro*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protracted; p. pr.
vb. n. Protracting.] [L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to
forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. See
Portrait, Portray.]
1. To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to
continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to
protract a war.
2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to
protract a decision or duty. --Shak.
3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and
angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
4. (Zo["o]l.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can
protract its claws; -- opposed to retract. Protracter
Protracter Pro*tract"er, n.
A protractor.
Subcontracted
Subcontracted Sub`con*tract"ed, a.
1. Contracted after a former contract.
2. Betrothed for the second time. [Obs.] --Shak.
SubtractedSubtract Sub*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtracted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Subtracting.] [L. subtractus, p. p. of subtrahere
to draw from beneath, withdraw, remove; sub under + trahere
to draw. See Trace, v. t., and cf. Substract.]
To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to
deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4. Subtracter
Subtracter Sub*tract"er, n.
1. One who subtracts.
2. The subtrahend. [Obs.]
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