Definition of Distracts

1. Verb. (third-person singular of distract) ¹

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Definition of Distracts

1. distract [v] - See also: distract

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distracts

distracter
distracters
distractful
distractibility
distractible
distractile
distracting
distractingly
distraction
distraction conus
distractions
distractious
distractive
distractor
distractors
distracts (current term)
distrad
distrads
distrail
distrails
distrain
distrainable
distrained
distrainer
distrainers
distraining
distrainor
distrainors
distrains
distraint

Literary usage of Distracts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"But where persuasion is used to a testator on his deathbed, when even a word distracts him, it may amount to foi-ce and inspiring fear ..."

2. The Literary World by Samuel R. Crocker, Edward Abbott, Nicholas Paine Gilman, Madeline Vaughan Abbott Bushnell, Bliss Carman, Herbert Copeland (1881)
"If it does not take its author's name off some visiting lists he may thank his literary stars. and distracts the attention, and the opening episode of Capt. ..."

3. Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men by John William Harris (1901)
"automatic effort, yet distracts attention from the left ear, and a communication to that ear is unheard, but perceived as a thought. ..."

4. The Greatest Works of the Greatest Authors, Ancient and Modern (1894)
"ness distracts the вон! with the feeling of former happiness. A win. With silence of the tongue and cheerfulness of look I entertained my husband. ..."

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