I.
v. a.
1.
Separate, disunite, disjoin, dissociate, isolate, detach, disengage, take out of context, take out of its proper whole, view partially, view one-sidedly, regard without reference to relations, consider in bare thought, think without the definiteness of sense-perception, think vaguely.
2.
Take, seize, appropriate, steal, purloin.
3.
Abridge, abbreviate, epitomize, make an abstract of, outline, make synopsis of.
II.
a.
1.
Separate, isolated, not concrete, out of context, unrelated, simple, by itself, per se.
2.
Occult, recondite, subtile, refined, abstracted, vague.
See abstruse.
III.
n.
Abridgment, epitome, summary, conspectus, compend, compendium, synopsis, syllabus, outline, digest, brief, breviary, sum and substance, concise statement, gist, drift, general contents.