v (transitive|obsolete) To extract by means of distillation. (defdate|Attested from the early 17th century until the early 18th century.)
v (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. (defdate|First attested in the early 17th century.)
v (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
v (intransitive|rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
v (intransitive|fine arts) To create abstractions.
v (intransitive|computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
n An abridgement or summary. (defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =10| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)
n Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of larger item, or multiple items. (defdate|First attested in the mid 16th century.)
n An abstraction; an #Adjective|abstract term; that which is abstract. (defdate|First attested in the mid 16th century.)
n The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form. (defdate|First attested in the early 17th century.)
n (context|arts) An abstract work of art. (defdate|First attested in the early 20th century.)
n (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
a (obsolete) Derived; extracted. (defdate|Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 15th century.)
a (nowadays|rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate. (defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)
a Expressing a property or attribute separately of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object. (defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)
a Considered apart from any application to a particular object; not concrete; ideal; non-specific; general, as opposed to specific. (defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)
a Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. (defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)
a (arts) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them. (defdate|First attested in the mid 19th century.)
a Insufficiently factual.(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Gove, Philip Babcock | others = | title = Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged | origdate = | origyear = 1909 | origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = | date = | year =1976 | month = | publisher =G. & C. Merriam Co. | location = Springfield, MA | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =0-87779-101-5 | lccn = | ol = | pages =8| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)