DISTRACT
\dɪstɹˈakt], \dɪstɹˈakt], \d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_t]\
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Insane; mad.
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To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
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To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
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To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
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To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; - most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
By Oddity Software
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Insane; mad.
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To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
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To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
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To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
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To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; - most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
By Noah Webster.
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To draw in different directions.
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Applied to the mind or attention: to confuse: to harass: to render crazy.
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DISTRACTEDLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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