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Show B 1 Rightly to difiinguifp, is, by conceit of the mind to fever things different in' nature, and to difcer wherein they differ Hooker 2. To feparate from others by fome mar of honour or preference They diffinguify my poems from thofe of othe men, and have made me their peculiar care. Dryd Let us revolve that roll with ftricteft eye Where, fafe from time, diffinguifl'd ations lie. Pr 3. To divide by proper notes of diverfity -Mofes diffinguifbes the caufes of the flood int - thofe that belong to the heavens, and thofe tha belong to the earth, the rains, and the abyfs Burnet's Theory 4. To know one from another by any mar or note-of difference So lon As he could make me, with his eye or ear Diftinguifb him from others, he did kee The deck Shakefpeare's Cymbeline ‘We have not yet been feen in any houfe Nor can we be diffingui/b'd, by our faces For man or mafter. . Shakefp. Tam. of the Shreaw _ By our reafon we are, enabled to diffinguifb goo from evil, as well as truth from falfehood W atts's Logick 5. To difcern critically ; to judge Sweet prince, th' untainted virtue of your year Hath not yet div'd into the world's deceit Nor more can you diffinguifb of a man Than of his outwar thew ! ° Shakefp. Rich. III @. To conftitute difference ; to {pecificate to-make different from another St. Paul's Epiftles contain nothing but points o Chriftian inftru@ion, amongft which he feldo falls to enlarge on the great and diffinguifbing doctrines of our holy religion Locke . 7. To make known or eminent o Drsti'NGUISH. @. n. To mak dil tintion ; to find or thew the difference He would warily diflinguifb between the profit o the merchant and the gain of the kingdom Child's Difcourfe on Trade The readers muft learn by all means to diffinguifb between proverbs, and thofe polite fpeeche which beautify converfation Disti'wcuisnasLs . guifp. adj Saift [from diftin 1. Capable of being diftinguifhed ; capable of being known, or made known, b notes of diverfity Impenitent, they left a race behin Like to themfelves, diftinguifbable {carc F¥rom Gentiles, but by circumcifion vain Milton tion and decifion, to choice and purfuit, or averfion is diftinguifbable to us Hale's Origin of Mankind 1 fhall diftribute duty into its principal and eminent parts, diffinguifbable as they relate to God, ou aeighbour, and ourfelves. Government of the Tongue Being diflolved in aqueous juices, it is by th eye diffinguifpable from the folvent body Boyle A fimple idea, being in itfelf uncompounded contains nothing but one uniform appearance, o conception in the mind, and is not diffinguifbabl into different ideas Locke worthy of regard I would endeayour that my betters (hould fee me by the merit of fomething diffinguifbable, infead of my feeking them Sawift DisT1'NGUISBED participial adj. [fro diftinguifp.] Eminent extraordinary tranfcendent For fins committed, with many aggravations o guilt, the turnace of wrath will be feven time hotter, and burn with a diffinguifpbed fury Never on man did heav'nly favour fhin Rogers With rays fo ftrong, diffinguifb'd, and divine Pope's Odyffey Dist1'NGUISHER. z /. [from dz‘/iz'ngz;i/é}j.y 1. A judicious obferver; one that accu rately difcerns oifle thing from another He poffefies a quiet and cheerfy If writers be juft to the memory of Charles T flicted with violent paffions, or diffr moderate cares A they cannot deny him to have been an exaét knowe of mankind, and a perfeét diffinguifber of thei Dryden talents quicker than it is, how would 2 p diffract ts We fhould, in the quiéz ment, be lefs able to fleep or meditate ¢ middle of a fea-fight other by proper marks of diverfity Let us admire the wifdom of God in this Jiftinguifber of times, and vifible deity, the fun Brown's Vulgar Errours adv DisTINGUISHINGLY di/ [fro tinguifbing.] With diftin@tion ; with fom mark of eminent preference Some call me a Tory Better I we{';: diftraét @. a. [diftortus, Lat. 2. To put out of the true diretion or poftare With fear and pai Diftorted, all my nether fhape thus gre Milton Worath and malice, envy and revenge, do darke Tillotfon 3. To wreft from the true meaning Something muft be difforred befide the inten of the divine inditer Peacham on Poetry Disto'rrroN. n [ [diffortio, Lat.] Irregular motion by which the face i writhed, or the parts difordered By his diftortions he reveals his pains He by his tears and by his fighs complains. Prior In England we fee people lulled afleep with foli and elaborate difcourfes of pisty, who would b warmed and tranfported out of themfelves by th bellowings and diffortions of enthufiafm Addifon's Spettator ToDISTRA'CT. «. a. part. pafl. Ziftrasied 5-anciently diffraught ; and fometime 1. To pull different ways at once The needle endeavours to conform unto the meridian; but, being diffrafZed, driveth that way wher the greater and powerfuller part of the earth i placed Brown's Vulgar Errours 2. To feparate; to divide By fea, by fea -Moft worthy Sir, you therein throw awa king and with a right inference require fujtabl attendance, refpeét, and obedience Drs i ra'cTEDDY Madly adv Swd Tocke i [from diftrag ]1 frantickly Methought her eyes had crofs'd her tongue For fhe did fpeak in frarts diffraétedly Shakefpeare's Twelfth Night DistrA'cTEDNESS. 7 /. [from diffrad The ftate of being diftratted'; maduefs, 3. An Distra'crion. n /. [diffrattio, Latin] { 4 1. Tendency to different parts; feparas tio ‘While he was yet in Rome His power went out in fuch diffrations, Beguil'd all fpies \ Tu 3 Shakefp. Antony and Clespatra various points If he cannot wholly avoid the eye of the obferver, he hopes to diffraf? it by a multiplicity o South 4. To fill the mind with contrary confideto confound t harafs While I fuffer thy terrors I am diffraéied. Pfalms Come, coufin, canft thou quake, and change th colour Murder thy breath in middle of a word And then again begin, and ftop again As if thou wert diffraught and mad with terror Shakefpeare's Richard 11 but I recover breath Miltor's Agoniftes m 2. Confufion; ftate in which the attention 1s called different ways a Never was known a night of fuch diffraction Noife fo confus'd and dreadful; joftling crowds, .-% That run and knew not whither. Dryd. Span.Fr What may we not hope from him in a time of | quiet and tranquillity, fince, during the late diftractions, he has done fo much for the advantageo Addifor's Frechalder our trade m; 3. Perturbation of mind; violence offom painful paffion The irafcible paffions follow the temper of th i heart; the concupifcible diffractions, the‘crafis of, Brown the liver The diffraion of the children, who faw both their parents expiring together, would have mete the' hardeft heart T"_"l" 4. Madnefs ; franticknefs 5 lofs of thewits vagrancy of the mind ( Madam, this is a meer diffraftion You turn the good we offer into envy. Shakefpeare & In Oreftes fo, with like diffraction toft Shakefp. Ants and Cleop And fenfe diftrac? to know well what I utter You fhall find a diffraéted man fancy hinfigl‘tffl; And furies howl in his diftemper'd ears ; 3. To turn from a fingle direction toward It would burft forth Dplfl So to'mad Pentheus double Thebes appears The abfolute foidierfhip you have by land Diftrat? your army, which doth moft confif rations ; to perplex 1. To writhe'; to twift; to deform by irregular motions the object j-f.'E'.'rfM jf She was unable in frengeh of mind to brarsy | 1 grief of his difeafe, and fell diffraded of Jiet vy §° 'I;{ confidered whether any credit at all were to be give to their diftinguifbments. Graunt's Bills of Mortality Of war-mark'd footmen So fhould my thoughts be fever'd from my prief And woes, by wrong imagination, lof The knowledgeof themfelves. Shakefp.King I;M To'make corre@ionsupon the fearchers reports, And {b obligingly am caught I blefs the hand from whence they came Nor dare diffort my face for fhame Saift Now mortal pangs differt his lovely form. Smith 1 Shakefpeare's Comedy of B DisTi'NGUISHMENT. 2 /. [from diftingui/p.] Diftin&tion; obfervation of difference and diftort the unde: ftandings of men -To fetch my poor diffraéted hufband hences Let us come in, that we may bind him fag, And bear him home for his recovery Pope T'ransform'd Lotfié Wherefore throng you hitherp becaufe the heads of that I fee her tafte each naufeous draught flpl 5- 'To make mad: properly, by an uile o tled and vagrant fancy ; but, popularly, to make mad in whatever mode, s i party have been diffinguifbingly favourable to me 7o DISTORT 'If our fenfe of heariné v)éfé-a;\ih z. He that feparates one thing from an diffralt. [diftracius, Latin. "The acting of the foul, as it relates to percep 2. Worthy of note 4 ff Waf ft gh r an ' he mo hi fl t Is ma ( fec e un ou la wh f th al Commiferat lt ma fr ou fh ar wh an on ct fr di tle leafures and advantages of human commerce Atterbury 5. Difturbance difcord ; difference o fentiments Wi er ot eac a n e qu la e m a t T wh fl fl d a i u n c th i o p i ou a C G e l l u t r w the king's force u C j a DisTrRAC in ¢ b perplexity : : t fi : i g ' u r t v v (%ftp gro iul ] i d _ D " h h u t a m a D'veftretch'd ])1 @. a. [from diffring 7» DISTRA'IN Latin. it eiz fei i1'1.{T o la adyebhto. 1 |