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 Dis·tance v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced p. pr. & vb. n. Distancing ]
 1. To place at a distance or remotely.
    I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence.   --Fuller.
 2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.
    His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space.   --H. Miller.
 3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
    He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries.   --Milner.
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