(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:36:01

Ab*strac"tive (#), a. [Cf. F. abstractif.]

Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.

"The abstractive faculty."

I. Taylor.

 

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