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Webster 1913 Edition

Abstractive

Ab-strac′tive

,

Adj.

[Cf. F.

abstractif

.]

Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.

“The abstractive faculty.”

I. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Abstractive

ABSTRACT'IVE

,

Adj.

Having the power or quality of abstracting.

ABSTRACT'IVE

,

Adj.

Abstracted, or drawn from other substances,