to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
to disturb or trouble greatly in mind; beset: Grief distracted him.
to provide a pleasant diversion for; amuse; entertain: I'm bored with bridge, but golf still distracts me.
to separate or divide by dissension or strife.
adjective
Obsolete. distracted.
Origin of distract
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin distractus (past participle of distrahere to draw apart), equivalent to dis-dis-1 + trac- (variant stem of trahere to draw) + -tus past participle suffix
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