distent

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English

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Etymology

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Latin distentus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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distent (comparative more distent, superlative most distent)

  1. distended

Noun

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distent (countable and uncountable, plural distents)

  1. (obsolete) breadth
    • 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, [], London: [] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
      [] shall yet be distended, one fourteenth part longer then the sayd entire Diameter; which addition of distent will conferre much to their Beauty, and detract but little from their Strength

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Verb

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distent

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of distō