distracted

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISTRACTED, participle passive 1. Drawn apart; drawn in different directions; diverted from its object; perplexed; harassed; confounded. 2. adjective Deranged; disordered in intellect; raving; furious; mad; frantic.
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