distract vb.:
1.
to separate, divide, scatter
All'sW. V. iii. 35
“to the brightest beams
D-ed clouds give way,”
Oth. I. iii. 328,
Ant. III. vii. 43
“Distract your
army.”
2.
to perplex, confuse,
bewilder
Wiv. II. ii. 141
“This news d-s
me,”
Tim. III. iv. 116
“your distracted
soul,”
Mac. II. iii. 111,
Ham. I. v. 97
“this d-ed
globe.”
3.
to make mad Err. V. i. 39, 2H4 II. i. 120.
