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undiˈstracted, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
†1. Not drawn apart by dissension. Obs.—1
a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. V, Wks. (1711) 100 To turn the Imperial Crown Hereditary to his own House, which, Germany being all of one Mind and undistracted, he could never have brought to pass.
†2. Not drawn aside or perverted; genuine, real.
1656Stanley Hist. Philos. v. ii. 149 That there is a credible undistracted concurrence, is manifest from Menelaus. Ibid., Such is undistracted phantasy. a1659Osborne Charac., etc. (1659) 126 Valour and Cowardice, both strangers, if not Contrary to the Practice of undistracted Nature.
3. Not diverted or interrupted by other occupations or interests.
1648Boyle Seraph. Love (1659) 106 He was pleas'd..to admit him to a yet Closer, more Immediate, and more Undistracted Communion with himself. 1683Brit. Spec. 121 By undistracted Prayers to renew their Courage and Patience in their Apostolical Employment. 1817Coleridge Biogr. Lit. ii. (1907) I. 30 In order to devote himself, an entire and undistracted man, to the instruction..of his fellow-citizens. 1871Liddon in Life & Lett. (1904) 155, I..require an amount of undistracted thought which I never get here.
b. Const. by.
1759Robertson Hist. Scot. ii. Wks. 1813 I. 112 Undistracted by those cares..which occupy and oppress other men. 1852M. Arnold Self-Depend. v, Undistracted by the sights they see, These demand not [etc.].
4. Not drawn aside or away from something.
1833Lamb Elia ii. Barrenness Mod. Art, [With] her soul undistracted from Theseus—Ariadne is still pacing the solitary shore. 1862Lytton Str. Story I. 87 Some one..by whom your thoughts would have been undistracted from the channels into which your calling should concentrate their flow.
Hence undiˈstractedness.
1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. Pref. p. viii, That calmness of Minde, and undistractedness of Thoughts, that are wont to be requisite to Happy Speculations. 1886Athenæum 7 Aug. 166/3 The impression..as a whole is one of undistractedness and elegance. |