- (a.) Insane; mad.
- (v.t.) To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
- (v.t.) To draw (the sight, mind or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
- (v.t.) To agitate by conflicting passions or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
- (a.) Separated; drawn asunder.
- (v.t.) To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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