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ABSTRACT, _v_

Synonyms:

appropriate, distract, purloin, steal, detach, divert, remove, take away, discriuish,

The central idea of _withdrawing_ makes _abstract_ in common speech a euphemism for _appropriate_ (unlawfully), _purloin_, _steal_ In uishi+ng_ their differences; we _separate_ so to it, _abstract_ it, and view it alone We may _separate_ two ideas, and hold both in mind in comparison or contrast; but e _abstract_ one of theht

The mind is _abstracted_ when it is _withdrawn_ from all other subjects and concentrated upon one, _diverted_ when it is draay from what it would or should attend to by some other interest, _distracted_ when the attention is divided aiven properly to any The trouble with the _distracted_ person is that he is not _abstracted_ Compare DISCERN

Antonyms:

add, complete, fill up, restore, unite

cothen,

Prepositions:

The purse may be abstracted _from_ the pocket; the substance _from_ the accidents; a book _into_ a compend

ABSTRACTED

Synonyms:

absent, heedless, listless, preoccupied, absent-htless

absorbed, indifferent, oblivious,

As regards mental action, _absorbed_, _abstracted_, and _preoccupied_ refer to the cause, _absent_ or _absent- will appear _absent_ in others A _preoccupied_ person htless_, but the really _listless_ and _thoughtless_ have not y to be _preoccupied_ The _absent-minded_ hts are elsewhere One who is _preoccupied_ is intensely busy in thought; one h intense concentration or si of thought Compare ABSTRACT

Antonyms:

alert, on hand, ready, wide-awake

attentive, prohtful,

ABSURD

Synonyms:

anomalous, ill-considered, ludicrous, ridiculous, chied, mistaken, senseless, erroneous, inconclusive, monstrous, stupid, false, incorrect, nonsensical, unreasonable, foolish, infatuated, paradoxical, wild

ill-advised, irrational, preposterous,