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It is no doubt the finest stimulant for the growth of plants, and that most adapted to restore the fertile elements which the plants have abstracted from exhausted soils.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

When they need repair, it is done with iron which they have abstracted from ships.

From Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. by Maxwell, Patrick

What object remains for the fancy, or even the understanding, when we have abstracted from the unknown substance all ideas of time and space, of motion and matter, of sensation and reflection?

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart

Many is the shilling I have abstracted, in this way, from my mother's purse, who, constantly affirmed that it was sore against her will.

From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore

I have abstracted both keys and put them in my pocket.

From The Youth of the Great Elector by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)