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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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]: Distraught \Dis*traught"\, p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht. See {Distract}, a.] 1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] ``His greedy throat . . . distraught.'' --Spenser. 2. Distracted; perplexed. ``Distraught twixt fear and pity.'' --Spenser. As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror. --Shak. To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are the most distraught and full of pain. --Mrs. Browning. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: distraught adj : deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief" [syn: {overwrought}]
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