[U.S.]
Syn. — Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region; country.
District
(Dis"trict), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. & vb. n. Districting.] To divide into districts or
limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
Distriction
(Dis*tric"tion) n. [L. districtio a stretching out.] Sudden display; flash; glitter. [R.]
A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest distriction.
Collier. Districtly
(Dis"trict*ly) adv. Strictly. [Obs.] Foxe.
Distringas
(||Dis*trin"gas) n. [L., that you distrain, fr. distringere. See Distrain.] (Law) A writ commanding
the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required
of him.
Distrouble
(Dis*trou"ble) v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + trouble.] To trouble. [Obs.] Spenser.
Distrust
(Dis*trust") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distrusting.] [Cf. Mistrust.] To
feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to
doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust.
Not distrusting my health.
2 Mac. ix. 22.
To distrust the justice of your cause.
Dryden.
He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other.
Udall.
Of all afraid,
Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid.
Collins. Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. T. L. K. Oliphant.
Distrust
(Dis*trust"), n.
1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's
power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.
2. Suspicion of evil designs.
Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles.
D. Webster. 3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. Milton.
Distruster
(Dis*trust"er) n. One who distrusts.
Distrustful
(Dis*trust"ful) a.
1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.
Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks.
Pope. 2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. Boyle.
