Distract

dis-trakt/', v. t. To perplex, confuse; to agitate by conflicting pa ions; to render insane, craze,— used in the p. p. — Dist rad i on, n. Confusion of attention, or of affairs; perturbation of mind; a state of disordered reason. — Distractlve, -iv, a. a. Distracted. Causing perplexity. — Distraught', -trawt', i; Distrain, dis-tranr, v. t. [-trained (-trandO, -training.] {Law.) To seize for debt, without legal pro-; end, eve, term; tn, Ice; Sdd, t5ne, 8r: 113 DISTRIBUTE ce . — Distrainer, -Sr, n. — Dislrict, n. A defined portion of a state or city for legislative, elective, or other purposes; portion bf territory of undefined extent; quarter; tract; region; country. — v.t. To divide into districts. — Distre ', n. Extreme suffering, of body or mind; that which occasions suffering; state of danger or nece ity. {Law.) The act of distraining; thing taken by distraining, —v. t. [distre ed (-tresf), -tre ing.] To cause pain or anguish to. {Law.) To seize for debt, distrain. — Distre ful, -ful, a. Inflicting, indicating, or proceeding from, distre . 125