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Webster 1913 Edition


Distent

Dis-tent′

,
Adj.
[L.
distentus
, p. p. See
Distend
.]
Distended.
[Poetic]
Thomson.

Dis-tent′

,
Noun.
Breadth.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Distent

DISTENT

,
Adj.
Spread. [Not in use.]

DISTENT

,
Noun.
Breadth. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


distent

distent

English

Adjective

distent (comparative more distent, superlative most distent)

  1. distended
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Noun

distent

  1. (obsolete) breadth
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Latin

Verb

distent

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of distō