DISTRACT

I. adjective Date: 14th century insane , mad , II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us, past participle of distrahere, literally, to draw apart, from dis- + trahere to draw Date: 14th century 1. to turn aside ; divert , to draw or direct (as one's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time , to stir up or confuse with conflicting emotions or motives, see: puzzle ~ibility noun ~ible also ~able adjective ~ingly adverb