Distract
v. t.- To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
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To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse;
as, to distract the eye; todistract the attention. - To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
- To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.

