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Abstracted
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (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 Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.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.