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abstract from

abstract something from someone or something

to steal something from someone or something. (Formal.) The officer was found guilty of abstracting a rather large amount of money from the company.
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abstract something from something

to take the important information from a longer document; to extract the essentials or the gist from a piece of complicated writing. Can you abstract a shorter article from this material?
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KryŠTof-Czech
White[wait]
Keziahkə-ZIE-ə (English)Biblical
Ognjan-Croatian, Serbian
LotusLO-təsEnglish (Rare)
Georgoge-OR-goEsperanto
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