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1. Withdraw; separate.

2. To perform the process of abstraction.

3. That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several
things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.




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abate copy featureless photograph steal
abbreviate crib filch pick out stencil
abbreviation crop file away picture still life
abbreviature curtail foreshorten pilfer strike off
abrade curtailment foreshortening pinch strike out
abrege cut fresco poach stunt
abridge cut back general poker-faced subduct
abridgment cut down generalized poll subtract
abstract idea cut off short generic pollard sum up
abstraction cut out get quit of postulatory summarize
abstruse cut short get rid of precis summary
academic cyclorama get shut of print summation
altarpiece daub head profound survey
and decrease hidden prune swindle
annex deduct hook purge swipe
apocope deep hypothetic purify syllabus
appropriate defraud hypothetical purloin symbolic
arcane deport icon reap syncope
armchair depreciate ideal recap synopsis
bag derogate ideational recapitulate synopsize
bate detached illumination recapitulation tableau
bland detract illustration recondite take
block print digest image reduce take away
bob diminish impair reduction take from
boil down diptych impersonal refine take in
boost disconnect impractical remove tapestry
borrow disengage indefinite representation telescope
breviary disinterested indeterminate reproduction telescoping
brief disparage intellectual resume theoretical
broad dispassionate leach retrench thieve
capsule dispose of lessen retrenchment thin
capsulize dissociate lift review thin out
cast off divide likeness root out throw over
cast out dock liquidate root up throw overboard
chuck draft make off with rub away thumbnail sketch
clear drain metaphysical rubric topical outline
clear away eat away miniature run away with transcendent
clear out eject montage rustle transcendental
clear the decks elide moot scrounge trim
clip eliminate mosaic secret triptych
collage elision mow separate truncate
collective ellipsis mural shave truncation
color print embezzle nebulous shear unapplied
colorless engraving neutral shoplift uncharacterized
compend epitome nip shorten uncouple
compress epitomize nonspecific shortened version undemonstrable
compression eradicate notional shortening undifferentiated
conceptual erode occult skeleton unpractical
condensation esoteric outlaw sketch unspecified
condense essence outline snare utopian
condensed version exile overview snatch vague
conjectural expatriate palm snitch visionary
conspectus expel pandect snub walk off with
contract extort panorama speculative wall painting
cop extract part stained glass window wear away