abstracted

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /æb'stræktıd/

[edit] Adjective

abstracted (comparative more abstracted, superlative most abstracted)

1. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.

   The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. - Milton

2. (obsolete) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal.
3. (obsolete) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
4. Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.

   An abstracted scholar. - Johnson

[edit] Derived terms

• abstractedly
• abstractedness

[edit] Verb

abstracted

1. Simple past tense and past participle of abstract.