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  • 41Distracted — 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. [1913 Webster] A city . . . distracted from itself. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 42Distracting — 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. [1913 Webster] A city . . . distracted from itself. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 43Distraught — 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. [1913 Webster] A city . . . distracted from itself. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 44Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature — • Discusses his importance to the Fathers and to the authors of the many apocryphal writings of the first five centuries of the Christian Era Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature      …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 45distress — Mental or physical suffering or anguish. [L. distringo, to draw asunder] fetal d. SYN: nonreassuring fetal status. * * * Dispatch Stent Restenosis Study * * * dis·tress dis tres n pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind… …

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  • 46district — [17] District started life as the past participle of the verb which gave English distrain [13] and strain. It came via French district from medieval Latin districtus; this meant literally ‘seized, compelled’, and hence was used as a noun in the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 47pull — I. n. 1. Pluck, shake, twitch. 2. Contest, struggle. 3. Hap, venture, chance (colloq.). II. v. a. 1. Draw, haul, tug, drag. 2. Pluck, gather. 3. Tear, rend, dra …

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  • 48district — [17] District started life as the past participle of the verb which gave English distrain [13] and strain. It came via French district from medieval Latin districtus; this meant literally ‘seized, compelled’, and hence was used as a noun in the… …

    Word origins

  • 49diduce — transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin diducere, from di (from dis dis (I)) + ducere to lead, draw more at tow 1. obsolete : to draw apart …

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  • 50divel — (ˈ)dī|vel, də̇ˈv transitive verb (divelled ; divelled ; divelling ; divels) Etymology: Latin divellere, from di (from dis apart) + vellere to pluck, pull more at dis , vulnerable …

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