abstracted Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
    abstract.
  2. verb make off with belongings of others
    pilfer; filch; pinch; abstract; swipe; sneak; purloin; hook; lift; snarf; cabbage; nobble.
  3. verb consider apart from a particular case or instance
    abstract.
    • Let's abstract away from this particular example
  4. verb give an abstract (of)
    abstract.
  5. adjective satellite lost in thought; showing preoccupation
    absent; scatty; absentminded.
    • an absent stare
    • an absentminded professor
    • the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence

WordNet

Ab*stract"ed adjective
Definitions
  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 Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.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.

Webster 1913