Both Uses of
abstract
in
Great Expectations
- An obliging stranger, under pretence of compactly folding up my bank-notes for security's sake, abstracts the notes and gives me nutshells; but what is his sleight of hand to mine, when I fold up my own nutshells and pass them on myself as notes!†
Chpt 28 *
- Miss Skiffins's composure while she did this was one of the most remarkable sights I have ever seen, and if I could have thought the act consistent with abstraction of mind, I should have deemed that Miss Skiffins performed it mechanically.†
Chpt 37 *
Definitions:
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(abstract as in: read the abstract) a summary; or to summarize -- especially academic writing
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(abstract as in: abstract thought) of a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance