No sooner had the cook disappeared, than the poultry were in the habit of collecting round and Abstracting the contents of the can.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
He called Tonelli by the sound of a little bell; and, when he turned to take a paper from his safe, he seemed to be Abstracting some secret from long-lapsed centuries, which he restored again, and locked back among the dead ages when his clerk replaced the document in his hands.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
Afterward the philosopher demonstrates to us the necessity of Abstracting all personality from the exercises which combine for the attainment of common sense.
"Common Sense Subtitle: How To Exercise It"
Yoritomo-Tashi