Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS'TANCE
DIS'TANCE, v.t.
- To place remote; to throw off from the view. – Dryden.
- To leave behind in a race; to win the race by a great superiority.
- To leave at a great distance behind. He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries. – Milner.
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