distracteth

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To divert the attention of.
   • The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.

   Synonyms:

   sidetrack

2. (transitive) To divert (attention).
   • It is recorded in the Talmud that there was no water organ [...] at the Temple, because of its sweet and powerful voice which was able to distract attention from the traditional instruments.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 14
3. (transitive) To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.
   • By Heav’ns, ſuch Virtues, join’d with ſuch Succeſs,
     Diſtract my very Soul: Our Father’s Fortune
     Wou’d almoſt tempt us to renounce his Precepts.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2

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