Distracted \Dis*tract"ed\, a.
   Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
   
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         My distracted mind.                      --Pope.
   
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Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distracted}, old p.
   p. {Distraught}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distracting}.]
   1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
      
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            A city . . . distracted from itself.  --Fuller.
      
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   2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
      directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
      eye; to distract the attention.
      
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            Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
      
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   3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
      motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
      
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            Horror and doubt distract
            His troubled thoughts.                --Milton.
      
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   4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
      madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
      distracted.
      
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            A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
                                                  --Shak.
      
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