Homepage
About
Works
Glossary
Thesaurus
Starting Points
New
Word families
Subscriptions
Search
Advanced Search
Login
|
New account
distract (v.)
divide, separate, draw apart
AC III.vii.43
[Enobarbus to Antony] you ... / Distract your army
Oth I.iii.320
[Iago to Roderigo] if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce ... supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many