Dis"tant (?), a. [F., fr. L. distans,
-antis, p. pr. of
distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See Stand.]
1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
One board had two tenons, equally distant.
Ex.
xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far.
Shak. 2.
Far separated; far off; not near;
remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
The success of these distant enterprises.
Prescott. 3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
He passed me with a distant bow.
Goldsmith. 4.
Indistinct; faint;
obscure, as from distance.
Some distant knowledge.
Shak.
A distant
glimpse.
W.
Irving. 5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant;
as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
Syn. -- Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.
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