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distancing
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Distancing
(gcide) | Distance \Dis"tance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Distancing.]
1. To place at a distance or remotely.
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I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles
distanced thence. --Fuller.
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2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem
remote.
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His peculiar art of distancing an object to
aggrandize his space. --H. Miller.
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3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n.,
3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
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He distanced the most skillful of his
contemporaries. --Milner.
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Distancing
(gcide) | Distance \Dis"tance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Distancing.]
1. To place at a distance or remotely.
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I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles
distanced thence. --Fuller.
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2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem
remote.
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His peculiar art of distancing an object to
aggrandize his space. --H. Miller.
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3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n.,
3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
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He distanced the most skillful of his
contemporaries. --Milner.
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