Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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distressed .
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- adjective Obsolete form of
distressed . - verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of
distress .
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Examples
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The young Ladies were fearful to receive him, their Family being small, and the Situation distant from Neighbours: But Commiseration of the Gentleman's distrest
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It was the Fatal Marriage; and she was now come to that part where the poor distrest Isabella disposes of her wedding-ring.
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To share in her joy when happy, to kiss away her tears when distrest, and to see her fly to my arms for comfort and support!
The Monk 2004
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Did he feel what a man might feel, Friend-left, and sore distrest?
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Numbers have Generosity enough, to relieve a distrest Family, to join for a Ridotto, to set up a Musick Meeting, or an Assembly, or
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Moreouer, they are so greatly distrest for lacke of food, that they seeme to each mannes sighte more liker spirits and Ghostes, than living creatures. '
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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First, I give and bequeath my _Politicks_ to the Directors of the _Academy_ of _Musick_, my _Religion_ to the Bishop of B----, my _Eloquence_ to the most distrest Author in _Grubstreet_, who writes the _full Accounts_ of
The Theater (1720) Sir John Falstaffe
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Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distrest:
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During reaction, large mustard-plasters to the chest and below the shoulders will greatly relieve the distrest breathing.
Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old Frank Eugen Dalton
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Histories, that _England_ was often oblig'd, to force her Subjects to return to the Plow, when the lazy Method of pasturing Cattle, had distrest that Kingdom; and 'tis chiefly to the Statutes made by the two last _Henries_ and _Edward_ the VIth, that she owes the Blessing, of her being now the Granary of _Europe_, and of her enjoying the
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