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1,499 words match “TRACT”

DETRACT v. 3 definitions
To take away; to withdraw. Detract much from the view of the without. Sir H. Wotton.
DETRACTER n.
One who detracts; a detractor. Other detracters and malicious writers. Sir T. North.
DETRACTINGLY adv.
In a detracting manner.
DETRACTION n. 2 definitions
A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.] The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl. Bacon.
DETRACTIOUS a.
Containing detraction; detractory. [R.] Johnson.
DETRACTIVE a. 2 definitions
Tending to detractor draw. [R.]
DETRACTIVENESS n.
The quality of being detractive.
DETRACTOR n.
One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer. His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay.
DETRACTORY a.
Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T. Browne.
DETRACTRESS n.
A female detractor. Addison.
DISTRACT v. 6 definitions
To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. A city . . . distracted from itself. Fuller.
DISTRACTED a.
Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. My distracted mind. Pope.
DISTRACTEDLY adv.
Disjointedly; madly. Shak.
DISTRACTEDNESS n.
A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall.
DISTRACTER n.
One who, or that which, distracts away.
DISTRACTFUL a.
Distracting. [R.] Heywood.
DISTRACTIBLE a.
Capable of being drawn aside or distracted.
DISTRACTILE a.
Tending or serving to draw apart.
DISTRACTING a.
Tending or serving to distract.
DISTRACTION n. 7 definitions
The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet.
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