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Distraught Distract Dis*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p.
p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]
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.
Distraught Distraught Dis*traught", p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht.
See Distract, a.]
1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] ``His greedy throat . . .
distraught.' --Spenser.
2. Distracted; perplexed. ``Distraught twixt fear and pity.'
--Spenser.
As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror.
--Shak.
To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are
the most distraught and full of pain. --Mrs.
Browning.
Distraughted Distraughted Dis*traught"ed, a.
Distracted. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Extraught Extraught Ex`traught", p. p. of Extract. [Cf. Distraught.]
Extracted; descended. [Obs.]
Knowing whence thou art extraught --Shak.
Forstraught Forstraught For*straught", p. p. & a. [Pref. for- + straught;
cf. distraught.]
Distracted. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Straught Straught Straught, obs.
imp. & p. p. of Stretch.
Straught Straught Straught, v. t.
To stretch; to make straight. [Written also straucht.]
[Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
