abstracted (adj.)

"absent in mind, distracted from present reality by intellectual activity," 1640s, past-participle adjective from abstract (v.). Related: Abstractedly.

An absent man is one whose mind wanders unconsciously from his immediate surroundings, or from the topic which demands his attention; he may be thinking of little or nothing. An abstracted man is kept from what is present by thoughts and feelings so weighty or interesting that they engross his attention. [Century Dictionary]

also from 1640s

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abstract (v.)

1540s, "to draw away, withdraw, remove" (transitive), from Latin abstractus or else from abstract (adj.). From 1610s in the philosophical sense "consider as a general object or idea without regard to matter." Related: Abstracted; abstracting.

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absent

"not present, not in a certain place" (of persons), "non-existent" (of things), late 14c., from Old French absent, ausent "absent" and directly from Latin absentem (nominative absens), present participle of abesse "be away from, be absent," from assimilated form of ab "off, away

obliterate

The verb was abstracted from the phrase literas scribere "write across letters, strike out letters."...

fiscal

The general sense of "financial" (1865, American English) was abstracted from phrases fiscal calendar, fiscal year, etc....

cupping

cupping, or more generally simply cupping; and a second, termed dry cupping, in which there is no scarification no blood is abstracted...

oblate

"flattened on the ends," 1705, from Medieval Latin oblatus "flattened," from Latin ob "toward" (see ob-) + -latus, abstracted...

bootlegger

The word enjoyed great popularity in the U.S. during Prohibition (1920-1933), and the abstracted element -legger was briefly...

jet

1690s, "to sprout or spurt forth, shoot out," from French jeter "to throw, thrust," from Late Latin iectare (abstracted from...

reckon

c. 1200, recenen, rekenen, "enumerate, count up; name one by one; relate, recount; make calculations," from Old English gerecenian "to explain, relate, recount; arrange in order," from Proto-Germanic *(ga)rakinaz "ready, straightforward" (source also of Old Frisian rekenia, Middl

take

Middle English taken, from late Old English tacan "to grip, seize by force, lay hold of," from a Scandinavian source (such as Old Norse taka "take, grasp, lay hold," past tense tok, past participle tekinn; also compare Swedish ta, past participle tagit). This is reconstructed to

swipe

1807, "heavy blow, driving stroke made with the arms in full swing," colloquial, perhaps (OED, 2nd ed. print, 1989) a dialectal variant of sweep (n.), or in part from obsolete swip, swaip "a stroke, blow" (Old English swapan), related to Old English swipu "a stick, whip; chastise

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