Abstracting

verb

1. To separate; to disengage.
2. To remove; to take away; withdraw.
3. To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
4. To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
5. To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.