Both Uses of
abstract
in
Hard Times
- 'Well!' said the exasperated Bounderby, 'while he was snoring, or choking, or Dutch-clocking, or something or other — being asleep — some fellows, somehow, whether previously concealed in the house or not remains to be seen, got to young Tom's safe, forced it, and abstracted the contents.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- Did he see them, in the era of its being quite settled that the national dustmen have only to do with one another, and owe no duty to an abstraction called a People, 'taunting the honourable gentleman' with this and with that and with what not, five nights a-week, until the small hours of the morning?†
Chpt 3.9 *
Definitions:
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(abstract as in: abstract thought) of a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
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(abstract as in: read the abstract) a summary; or to summarize -- especially academic writing