DISTANCE
Dis"tance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Distancing.]
1. To place at a distance or remotely. I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. Fuller.
2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote. His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space. H. Miller.
3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly. He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries. Milner.
DISTANCY
Dis"tan*cy, n.
Defn: Distance. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
DISTANT
Dis"tant, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of distare to
stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See
Stand.]
1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak.
2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; — in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives. The success of these distant enterprises. Prescott.
3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner. He passed me with a distant bow. Goldsmith.