"abstract" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

IPA: /abˈstrakt(ə)/
Etymology: From Latin abstractus, from abstrahō. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|la|abstractus}} Latin abstractus, {{m|la|abstrahō}} abstrahō Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} abstract, {{enm-adj}} abstract
  1. Drawn away or out of; detached:
    Excerpted; quoted from another text.
    Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-abstract-enm-adj-mClb7ZwW Disambiguation of Literature: 17 17 17 17 19 14 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 23 19 19 19 1
  2. Drawn away or out of; detached:
    Out of one's mind or detached from reality; temporarily insane.
    Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-abstract-enm-adj-2v0~lfHc Disambiguation of Literature: 17 17 17 17 19 14 Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 17 24 17 17 18 6 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 23 19 19 19 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 24 18 18 19 2
  3. Drawn away or out of; detached:
    Having been (pulled or moved) above the ground.
    Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-abstract-enm-adj-16h~5QYk Disambiguation of Literature: 17 17 17 17 19 14 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 23 19 19 19 1
  4. Drawn away or out of; detached:
    Barely comprehensible; hard to read.
    Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-abstract-enm-adj-b4opk5Do Disambiguation of Literature: 17 17 17 17 19 14 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 23 19 19 19 1
  5. Drawn away or out of; detached:
    (grammar) Abstract (of a noun).
    Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Grammar, Literature
    Sense id: en-abstract-enm-adj-gD38sOIq Disambiguation of Literature: 17 17 17 17 19 14 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 23 19 19 19 1 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abstracte Related terms: abstraccyone, abstractif, abstractly

Noun

IPA: /abˈstrakt(ə)/
Etymology: From Latin abstractus, from abstrahō. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|la|abstractus}} Latin abstractus, {{m|la|abstrahō}} abstrahō Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} abstract
  1. (Late Middle English, rare) abstract, synopsis Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-abstract-enm-noun-11k9FkAU Disambiguation of Literature: 17 17 17 17 19 14 Categories (other): Late Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abstracte

Alternative forms

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        "2": "la",
        "3": "abstractus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin abstractus",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "abstrahō"
      },
      "expansion": "abstrahō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin abstractus, from abstrahō.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "abstract",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Middle English",
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abstract, synopsis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abstract",
          "abstract#English"
        ],
        [
          "synopsis",
          "synopsis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English, rare) abstract, synopsis"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/abˈstrakt(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "abstracte"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abstract"
}

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