Sekirov Dictionary

distract

/dɪˈstɹækt/

verb 3
adjective 2
forms 5

verb3

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to draw someone's mind away from the thing they should be thinking about
- The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.
•
To divert (attention).
- It is recorded in the Talmud that there was no water organ [...] at the Temple, because of its sweet and powerful voice which was able to distract attention from the traditional instruments. — 1929
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To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.
- By Heav’ns, such Virtues, join’d with such Success, Distract my very Soul: Our Father’s Fortune Wou’d almost tempt us to renounce his Precepts. — 1712

adjective2

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(no longer used) Insane, mad.
- Alone shee beeing left the spoyle of loue and death, / In labour of her griefe outrageously distract, / The utmost of her spleene on her false Lord to act […] — 1612
(no longer used) Drawn asunder; separated.

forms

distracted · distracting · distracteth · distracts · distractest

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