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<hw>Dis*tract"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.</def>

<blockquote>My <b>distracted</b> mind. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Distractedly</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tract"ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Disjointedly; madly.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Distractedness</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tract"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A state of being distracted; distraction.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Distracter</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tract"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, distracts away.</def>

<h1>Distractful</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tract"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Distracting.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Heywood.</i>

<h1>Distractible</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tract"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being drawn aside or distracted.</def>

<h1>Distractile</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tract"ile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Tending or serving to draw apart.</def>

<h1>Distracting</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tract"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending or serving to distract.</def>

<h1>Distraction</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*trac"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>distractio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>distraction</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.</def>

<blockquote>To create <b>distractions</b> among us. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which diverts attention; a diversion.</def> "Domestic <i>distractions</i>."

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A diversity of direction; detachment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His power went out in such <b>distractions</b> as Beguiled all species. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.</def>