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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting;
- Example: "abstractive analysis"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abstractive \Ab*strac"tive\, a. [Cf. F. abstractif.]
   Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.
   "The abstractive faculty." --I. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abstractive
    adj 1: of an abstracting nature or having the power of
           abstracting; "abstractive analysis"