What is "abstractive"

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

a. 1 Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. (First attested in the late 15^th century.)(R:SOED5: page=10) 2 Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. (First attested in the late 15^th century.)

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