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Shak.

2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.

The success of these distant enterprises.

Prescott.

3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.

He passed me with a distant bow.

Goldsmith.

4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.

Some distant knowledge.

Shak.

A distant glimpse.

W. Irving.

5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.

Syn. -- Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.

Dis*tan"tial (?), a. Distant. [Obs.]

More distantial from the eye.

W. Montagu.

Dis"tant*ly (?), adv. At a distance; remotely; with reserve.

Dis*taste" (?), n. 1. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Bacon.

2. Discomfort; uneasiness.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

Bacon.

3. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.

On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste.

Milton.

Syn. -- Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust.

Dis*taste", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distasting.] 1. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.

Although my will distaste what it elected.