Distend
(Dis*tend") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distended; p. pr. & vb. n. Distending.] [L. distendere, distentum,
distensum; dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, détendre to unbend. See
Tend, and cf. Detent.]
1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [R.]
But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven
Distended as the brow of God appeased?
Milton. 2. To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to
produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc.
The warmth distends the chinks.
Dryden. Syn. — To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.
Distend
(Dis*tend"), v. i. To become expanded or inflated; to swell. "His heart distends with pride."
Milton.
Distensibility
(Dis*ten`si*bil"i*ty) n. The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]
Distensible
(Dis*ten"si*ble) a. Capable of being distended or dilated.
Distension
(Dis*ten"sion) n. Same as Distention.
Distensive
(Dis*ten"sive) a. Distending, or capable of being distended.
Distent
(Dis*tent") a. [L. distentus, p. p. See Distend.] Distended. [Poetic] Thomson.
Distent
(Dis*tent"), n. Breadth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Distention
(Dis*ten"tion) n. [L. distentio: cf. F. distension.]
1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as,
the distention of the lungs.
2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
Dister
(Dis*ter") v. t. [L. dis- + terra earth, country; cf. Sp. & Pg. desterrar.] To banish or drive from
a country. [Obs.] Howell.
Disterminate
(Dis*ter"mi*nate) a. [L. disterminatus, p. p. of disterminare to limit. See Terminate.]
Separated by bounds. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Distermination
(Dis*ter`mi*na"tion) n. [L. disterminatio.] Separation by bounds. [Obs.] Hammond.
Disthene
(Dis"thene) n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + force: cf. F. disthène.] (Min.) Cyanite or kyanite; — so
called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.
Disthrone
(Dis*throne") v. t. [Pref. dis- + throne: cf. OF. desthroner, F. détroner.] To dethrone. [Obs.]
Disthronize
(Dis*thron"ize) v. t. To dethrone. [Obs.] Spenser.
Distich
(Dis"tich) n. [L. distichon, Gr. neut. of with two rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + row,
verse, fr. to ascend; akin to AS. stigan to ascend: cf. F. distique. See Stirrup.] (Pros.) A couple of
verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.
Distich
(Dis"tich Dis"tich*ous) a. [Gr. . See Distich, n.] Disposed in two vertical rows; two- ranked.
