Part 3311

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Disorder; confusion.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.</def>

<blockquote>A huge infectious troop Of pale <b>distemperatures</b> and foes to life. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.</def>

<blockquote>Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his <b>distemperature</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Distemperment</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*tem"per*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Distempered state; distemperature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Distend</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*tend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Distended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Distending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>distendere</ets>, <ets>distentum</ets>, <ets>distensum</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>tendere</ets> to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. <ets>distendre</ets> to distend, <ets>d\'82tendre</ets> to unbend. See <er>Tend</er>, and cf. <er>Detent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven <b>Distended</b> as the brow of God appeased? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; <as>as, to <ex>distend</ex> a bladder, the stomach, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>The warmth <b>distends</b> the chinks. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.</syn>

<h1>Distend</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*tend"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become expanded or inflated; to swell.</def> "His heart <i>distends</i> with pride."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Distensibility</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*ten`si*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or capacity of being distensible.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Distensible</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*ten"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being distended or dilated.</def>

<h1>Distension</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*ten"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Distention</er>.</def>

<h1>Distensive</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*ten"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Distending, or capable of being distended.</def>

<h1>Distent</h1> <Xpage=434>