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† diˈstingue, v. Obs.
Also 4 distyng(e, 4–5 distingwe, 6 Sc. distuing.
[ME. disting-en, distingue-n, a. F. distingue-r (13th c. in Littré), ad. L. distinguĕre to distinguish, f. di-, dis- 1 + stinguĕre orig. ‘to prick or stick’, but found only in sense ‘to extinguish’.]
= distinguish (in various senses).
a1340Hampole Psalter Prol., Þis boke is distyngid in thris fyfty psalmes. c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. v. 47 Art þou distingwed and embelised by þe spryngyng floures? c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 202 Here we moten distingue blame fro liȝt synne. c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. i. (1885) 110 In tho dayis regimen politicum et regale, was distyngued a regimine tantum regale. 1596Dalrymple Leslie's Hist. Scot. iv. 387 Quairto thrie or four distuing or define J in this speiking. |