draw+apart

  • 61distrahere — /dastrey(h)ariy/ To sell; to draw apart; to dissolve a contract; to divorce …

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  • 62distrahere — /dastrey(h)ariy/ To sell; to draw apart; to dissolve a contract; to divorce …

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  • 63distract — ► VERB 1) prevent (someone) from giving their full attention to something. 2) divert (attention) from something. DERIVATIVES distracted adjective distracting adjective. ORIGIN Latin distrahere draw apart …

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  • 64distracted — distract ► VERB 1) prevent (someone) from giving their full attention to something. 2) divert (attention) from something. DERIVATIVES distracted adjective distracting adjective. ORIGIN Latin distrahere draw apart …

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  • 65distracting — distract ► VERB 1) prevent (someone) from giving their full attention to something. 2) divert (attention) from something. DERIVATIVES distracted adjective distracting adjective. ORIGIN Latin distrahere draw apart …

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  • 66district — ► NOUN 1) an area of a town or region, especially one regarded as a unit because of a particular characteristic. 2) Brit. a division of a county or region that elects its own councillors. ORIGIN Latin districtus (territory of) jurisdiction , from …

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  • 67divellent — dīˈvelənt, də̇ˈ adjective Etymology: Latin divellent , divellens, present participle of divellere archaic : drawing or tending to draw apart …

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  • 68drawing — /draw ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that draws. 2. a graphic representation by lines of an object or idea, as with a pencil; a delineation of form without reference to color. 3. a sketch, plan, or design, esp. one made with pen, pencil …

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  • 69United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 70France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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