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Webster 1913 Edition
Distinct
1.
Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
[Obs.]
Wherever thus created – for no place
Is yet
Is yet
distinct
by name. Milton.
2.
Marked; variegated.
[Obs.]
The which [place] was dight
With divers flowers
With divers flowers
distinct
with rare delight. Spenser.
3.
Separate in place; not conjunct; not united by growth or otherwise; – with from.
The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be
distinct
. Clarendon.
4.
Not identical; different; individual.
To offend, and judge, are
distinct
offices. Shakespeare
5.
So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; not liable to be misunderstood; not confused; well-defined; clear;
as, we have a
. distinct
or indistinct view of a prospect
Syn. – Separate; unconnected; disjoined; different; clear; plain; conspicuous; obvious.
Dis-tinct′
,Verb.
T.
To distinguish.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R.
Webster 1828 Edition
Distinct
DISTINCT
,Adj.
1.
Literally, having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign, or by a note or mark; as a place distinct by name.2.
Different; separate; not the same in number or kind; as, he holds tow distinct offices; he is known by distinct titles.3.
Separate in place; not conjunct; as, the two regiments marched together, but had distinct encampments.4.
So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; clear; not confused. To reason correctly we must have distinct ideas. We have a distinct or indistinct view of a prospect.5.
Spotted; variegated.Tempestuous fell his arrows from the fourfold-visagd four, distinct with eyes.
DISTINCT
,Verb.
T.