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Definition of Distent
1. a. Distended.
2. n. Breadth.
Definition of Distent
1. Noun. (obsolete) breadth ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distent
1. distended [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distent
Literary usage of Distent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"... inter se distent. Cap. XVII. . IN EA corporis parte quae immensa aestus ac
caloris vi quodammodo ..."
2. History of Roman Literature: From It's Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1823)
"... ut paulo ab interitu distent;" hence, in the middle of the fifteenth century,
the discovery of a new MS. of Cicero was hailed as a new acquisition. ..."
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