Distinguishably
(Dis*tin"guish*a*bly), adv. So as to be distinguished.
Distinguished
(Dis*tin"guished) a.
1. Marked; special.
The most distinguished politeness.
Mad. D' Arblay. 2. Separated from others by distinct difference; having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; —
applied to persons and deeds.
Syn. — Marked; noted; famous; conspicuous; celebrated; transcendent; eminent; illustrious; extraordinary; prominent.
— Distinguished, Eminent, Conspicuous, Celebrated, Illustrious. A man is eminent, when he stands
high as compared with those around him; conspicuous, when he is so elevated as to be seen and observed;
distinguished, when he has something which makes him stand apart from others in the public view;
celebrated, when he is widely spoken of with honor and respect; illustrious, when a splendor is thrown
around him which confers the highest dignity.
Distinguishedly
(Dis*tin"guish*ed*ly) adv. In a distinguished manner. [R.] Swift.
Distinguisher
(Dis*tin"guish*er) n.
1. One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir
T. Browne.
2. One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer. Dryden.
Distinguishing
(Dis*tin"guish*ing), a. Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.
The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion.
Locke. Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized
and signaled. Simmonds.
Distinguishingly
(Dis*tin"guish*ing*ly), adv. With distinction; with some mark of preference. Pope.
Distinguishment
(Dis*tin"guish*ment) n. Observation of difference; distinction. Graunt.
Distitle
(Dis*ti"tle) v. t. To deprive of title or right. [R.] B. Jonson.
Distoma
(||Dis"to*ma) n. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + mouth.] (Zoöl.) A genus of parasitic, trematode
worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.
Distort
(Dis*tort") a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See
Torsion.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]
Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.
Spenser. Distort
(Dis*tort"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.]
1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
Whose face was distorted with pain.
Thackeray. 2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men.
Tillotson.
