distinguished (gu as gw)

& a. [DISTINGUISH.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Marked by some distinctive or distinguishing sign or property. "That instant Pallas, bursting from a cloud, Fixed a distinguished mark, and cried aloud." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, viii. 219, 220. 2. Exceeding or surpa ing others; unusual, above the common. "For sins committed with many aggravations of guilt, the furnace of wrath will be seven times hotter, and burn with a distinguished fury."-Rogers. 3. Eminent, noted, or celebrated for some supe or or extraordinary quality. "They could far more easily bear the preeminence of a distinguished stranger." - Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xiii. *4. Marked, noticeable. "Mrs. Delvile received her with the most distinguished politene ."-Mi Burney: Cecilia , bk. iii., ch. vii. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pòt, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia distinguishedly Crabb thus discriminates between distinguished , conspicuous , eminent , noted , and illustrious : "The idea of an object having something attached to it to excite notice is common to all these terms. Dis tinguished in its general sense expre es little more than this idea; the rest are but modes of dist in quished. A thing is distinguished in proportion as it is distinct or separate from others; it is conspicuous in proportion as it is easily seen; it is noted in proportion as it is widely known. In this sense a rank is distinguished ; a situation is conspicuous ; a place is noted. Persons are distinguished by external marks or by characteristic qualities; persons or things are conspicuous mostly from some external mark; persons or things are noted mostly by collatpral circumstances. A man may be distinguished by his decorations, or he may be distinguished by his manly air, or by his abilities; a person is con spicuous by the gaudine of his dre : a house is conspicuous that stands on a hill: a person is noted for having performed a wonderful cure; a place is noted for its fine waters. We may be distinguished for things good, bad, or indifferent: we may be con spicuous for our singularities or that which only attracts vulgar notice: we may be noted for that which is bad, and mostly for that which is the subject of vulgar discourse; we can be eminent and ill us trio us only for that which is really good and praiseworthy; the former applies, however, mostly to those things which set a man high in the circle of his acquaintance; the latter to that which makes him shine before the world. A man of distinguished talent will be apt to excite envy if he be not also distinguished for his private virtue: affectation is never better pleased than when it can place itself in such a conspicuous situation as to draw all eyes upon itself: lovers of fame are sometimes contented to render themselves noted for their vices or absurdities: nothing is more gratifying to a man than to render himself eminent for his profe ional skill: it is the lot of but few to be illustrious , and those few are very seldom to be envied. In an extended and moral application, these terms may be employed to heighten the character of an object; a favor may be said to be distinguished , piety eminent , and a name illustrious." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) *dis-tin-guished-lý (gu as gw), adv . [Eng. distinguished; -ly.] In a distinguished manner; eminently.