'Distancing' definitions:

Definition of 'Distancing'

From: GCIDE
  • Distance \Dis"tance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Distancing.]
  • 1. To place at a distance or remotely. [1913 Webster]
  • I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote. [1913 Webster]
  • His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space. --H. Miller. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly. [1913 Webster]
  • He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries. --Milner. [1913 Webster]