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 ~ 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, ~ed, 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.