abstractive

abstractive
abstractively, adv.abstractiveness, n.
/ab strak"tiv/, adj.
1. having the power of abstracting.
2. pertaining to an abstract or summary.
[1480-90; < ML abstractivus. See ABSTRACT, -IVE]

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