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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Distance \Dis"tance\, n. [F. distance, L. distantia.]
     1. The space between two objects; the length of a line,
        especially the shortest line joining two points or things
        that are separate; measure of separation in place.
  
              Every particle attracts every other with a force . .
              . inversely proportioned to the square of the
              distance.                             --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
  
     2. Remoteness of place; a remote place.
  
              Easily managed from a distance.       --W. Irving.
  
              'T is distance lends enchantment to the view. --T.
                                                    Campbell.
  
              [He] waits at distance till he hears from Cato.
                                                    --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  distance
       n 1: the property created by the space between two objects or
            points
       2: a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
       3: size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New
          York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the
          shortest line segment joining the two points" [syn: {length}]
       4: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
          [syn: {aloofness}]
       5: the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to
          death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn:
           {space}]
       6: a remote point in time; "if that happens it will be at some
          distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he
          had forgotten many of the details"
       v 1: keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from
            these events in order to continue living"
       2: go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners" [syn: {outdistance},
           {outstrip}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  DISTANCE, n.  The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to
  call theirs, and keep.
  
  

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