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To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [R.] But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased Milton.

The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.

Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.

To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. Tillotson.

To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention. Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination. Goldsmith.

A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.] His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species. Shak.

the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light. -- Diurnal arc, the arc described by the sun during the daytime or while above the horizon; hence, the arc described by the moon or a star from rising to setting. -- Diurnal circle, the apparent cir…

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.

ther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent. Diverging series (Math.), a series whose terms are larger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms does not approach a finite limit when the series is extended indefinitely; -- opposed to a converging series.…

In different directions; diversely.

In different directions; to different points. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Pope.

A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label. Bailey.

In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction.

o establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.

f bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind. Totten.

Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction.

A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments. Burrill.

To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion. Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage. Knolles.