distent

distent

English

Etymology

Latin distentus.

Adjective

distent (comparative more distent, superlative most distent)

1. distended

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Noun

distent

1. (obsolete) breadth

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for distent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• dentist, stinted

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Latin

Verb

distent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of distō