1. (a.) Separated; drawn asunder.

2. (a.) Insane; mad.

3. (v. t.) To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.

4. (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.

5. (v. t.) To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.

6. (v. t.) To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.

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