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<blockquote>He passed me with a <b>distant</b> bow. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.</def>

<blockquote>Some <b>distant</b> knowledge. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>distant</b> glimpse. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; <as>as, a practice so widely <ex>distant</ex> from Christianity</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.</syn>

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<hw>Dis*tan"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Distant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>More <b>distantial</b> from the eye. <i>W. Montagu.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Dis"tant*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>At a distance; remotely; with reserve.</def>

<h1>Distaste</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*taste"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Discomfort; uneasiness.</def>

<blockquote>Prosperity is not without many fears and <b>distastes</b>, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.</def>

<blockquote>On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and <b>distaste</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust.</syn>

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<hw>Dis*taste"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Distasted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Distasting</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.</def>

<blockquote>Although my will <b>distaste</b> what it elected. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To offend; to disgust; to displease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He thought in no policy to <b>distaste</b> the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.</def>

<i>Drayton.</i>

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