distract

1. a. Separated; drawn asunder. Source: opted

2. a. Insane; mad. Source: opted

3. v. t. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. Source: opted

4. v. t. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention. Source: opted

5. v. t. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass. Source: opted

6. v. t. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted. Source: opted

7. v. draw someone's attention away from something Source: wordnet

8. v. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed Source: wordnet

9. 1. Separated; drawn asunder. [Obs.] 2. Insane; mad. [Obs.] Drayton. 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. Source: webster

10. v:100 v. draw someone's attention away from something Source: ecdict

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