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distent
/dɪsˈtɛnt/
adj 1noun 1
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4ADJ.
great, new, vernal
VERB + DISTENT
driven
DISTENT + NOUN
conferre, ingowes
PREP.
into, with
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adj
1
distended
Some others were new driven, and distent Into great ingowes
The North-east spends his rage; he now shut up Within his iron cave, the effusive South Warms the wide air, and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distent.
noun
1
breadth
[…]shall yet be distended, one fourteenth part longer then the sayd entire Diameter; which addition of distent will conferre much to their Beauty, and detract but little from their Strength
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Some others were new driven, and distent Into great ingowes
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The North-east spends his rage; he now shut up Within his iron cave, the effusive South Warms the wide air, and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distent.
Wiktionary03
[…]shall yet be distended, one fourteenth part longer then the sayd entire Diameter; which addition of distent will conferre much to their Beauty, and detract but little from their Strength
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