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noun (English)
1. (countable)Examples: "[S]he […] gaue vs into our boate our ſupper halfe dreſſed, pots, and all, and brought vs to our boates ſide, in which wee laye all night, remoouing the ſame a pretie diſtance from the ſhoare: […]"; "The prince is here at hand, pleaſeth your Lordſhip / To meet his grace iuſt diſtance tvveene our armies."; "The third of Aprill, early in the morning, vvee had ſight of the Holy Port [Porto Santo], belonging to the Spaniard, vvhich Ile at eight leagues diſtance, gaue it ſelfe in this ſhape vnto vs."countableuncountable
2. (countable)countableuncountable
3. (countable)Examples: "VVhen from a Diſtance (I ſpeak vvith the Vulgar) vve behold great Objects, the Particles of the intermediate Air and Vapours, vvhich are themſelves unperceivable, do interrupt the Rays of Light, and thereby render the Appearance leſs Strong and Vivid; […]"; "Vievv'd from a diſtance, and vvith heedleſs eyes, / Folly and innocence are ſo alike, / The diff'rence, though eſſential, fails to ſtrike."; "As he was about to descend, he heard a voice from a distance, hallooing, "Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle!""countableuncountable
4. (countable)Examples: "angular distance focal distance"; "The distance between the lowest and next gear on my bicycle is annoying."; "By the time I encountered them, Connie's friend […] was quite elderly (Connie was the younger by a considerable distance)"countableuncountable
5. (countable)Examples: "VVe cannot tell, at this diſtance of time, vvhich Converſation vvas firſt, that vvith Phalaris, or that vvith Leon."; "I Muſt help my Preface by a Poſtſcript, to tell the Reader, that there is Ten Years Diſtance betvveen my vvriting the One and the Other; and that (vvhatever I thought then, and have ſomevvhere ſaid, that I vvould publiſh no more Poetry) He vvill find ſeveral Copies of Verſes ſcattered through this Edition, vvhich vvere not printed in the Firſt."; "You vvill take this draught, three times a-day, at tvvo hours' diſtance, firſt ſhaking it vvell."countableuncountable
6. (countable)Examples: "The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance."; "He ſhall in ſtrangeſt, ſtand no farther off, / Then in a politique diſtance."; "The buſy men in Scotland, being encouraged from Rotterdam, vvent about the country, to try if any men of vveight vvould ſet themſelves at the head of their deſigns for an inſurrection. The Earl of Caſſilis [i.e., John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis] and Lockhart [William Lockhart of Lee] vvere the tvvo perſons they reſolved to try. But they did it at ſo great a diſtance, that, from the propoſition made to them, there vvas no danger of miſpriſion of treaſon."countablefigurativelyuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive)Examples: "If therefore the Interpoſition of Gloceſterſhire diſtanceth VVorceſterſhire from confining on the VVeſt-Saxons, the Animadvertor ought to have vented his diſpleaſure not on Me, but on Bede, and [Henry of] Huntington, vvhoſe vvords I exactly tranſlated."; "The faireſt [oxen] in England are bred (or if you vvill, made) in this County, vvith goodly heads, the Tips of vvhoſe horns are ſometimes diſtanced five foot aſunder."; "It [an insight] distances those who share it, from those who share it not."transitive
2. (transitive)Examples: "That vvhich gives the Relievo to a Bovvl, (may ſome ſay to me) is the quick Light, or the vvhite, vvhich appears to be on the ſide, vvhich is neareſt to us, and the black by conſequence diſtances the Object: […]"; "Below you, where the valley widens greenly toward other mountains, which the ripe Italian air distances with a bloom like that on unplucked grapes, are more arches, ossified arteries of what was once the heart of the world."transitive
3. (transitive)Examples: "Our fleeter steeds have distanced our attendants; / They lag behind us with a slower pace; / We will await them under the green pendants / Of the great willows in this shady place."; "He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades. Then the horse, with muscles as strong as steel, distanced the sound."Synonyms: outdistance, outgallop, outruntransitive
4. (transitive)figurativelytransitive
5. (transitive)figurativelytransitive
6. (transitive)Examples: "He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues."; "[S]ince the Church hath, and ought to have a Government, it muſt not only be inoffenſive, but moſt proper, to call it an Hierarchy, or holy Government; […] Beſides, [John] Calvin admitting of ſacrum regimen [holy government], over nicely diſtanceth himſelf from thoſe vvho call it Hierarchy, for he ſaith the ſame in Latin, vvhich they do in Greek; […]"; "[H]e'd built his life around an independence he'd cultivated as far back as he could remember. Distancing himself from his own family and the heavy legacy of his birth. Distancing himself from painful memories. Distancing himself from emotional entanglements or investment, which could only lead to unbearable heartbreak."figurativelyreflexivetransitive
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