distent

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/dɪsˈtɛnt/

Definition of distent

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. distended
    “Some others were new driven, and distent Into great ingowes”
    “The North-east spends his rage; he now shut up Within his iron cave, the effusive South Warms the wide air, and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distent.”
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adj

  1. distended
    “Some others were new driven, and distent Into great ingowes”
    “The North-east spends his rage; he now shut up Within his iron cave, the effusive South Warms the wide air, and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distent.”

noun

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)breadth
    “[…]shall yet be distended, one fourteenth part longer then the sayd entire Diameter; which addition of distent will conferre much to their Beauty, and detract but little from their Strength”

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Etymology

From Latin distentus.

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