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distract

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distractus, from distrah? (“to pull apart”), from dis- + trah? (“to pull”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?s?t?ækt/
  • Rhymes: -ækt

Verb

distract (third-person singular simple present distracts, present participle distracting, simple past and past participle distracted)

  1. (transitive) To divert the attention of.
  2. (transitive) To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.

Related terms

  • distracted
  • distractible
  • distracting
  • distraction

Translations

Adjective

distract (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
  2. (obsolete) Insane; mad.
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 6 p. 3[1]:
      (Alone shee beeing left the spoyle of love and death,
      In labour of her griefe outrageously distract,
      The utmost of her spleene on her false lord to act)

See also

  • distraught

Anagrams

  • adstrict

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bewitch

English

Etymology

From Middle English bewicchen, bewycchen, biwicchen, equivalent to be- +? witch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b??w?t?/
  • Rhymes: -?t?

Verb

bewitch (third-person singular simple present bewitches, present participle bewitching, simple past and past participle bewitched)

  1. (transitive) To cast a spell upon.
  2. (transitive) To fascinate or charm.
    Synonym: forspeak (obsolete)
  3. (transitive) To astonish, amaze. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Translations

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  • bewitched what makes darrin run
  • bewitched what happened to darrin
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