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De - Pt| English Dictionary: distracting | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for distracting | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distracted}, old p. p. {Distraught}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distracting}.] 1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller. 2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention. Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination. --Goldsmith. 3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass. Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts. --Milton. 4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted. A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her. --Shak. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Distracting \Dis*tract"ing\, a. Tending or serving to distract. | |
