Verb

To see someone or something as different from others.

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To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.

To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.

* 1784 : William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c. , PREFACE

THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.

(obsolete) To make to differ.

* Bible, 1 Cor. iv. 7 (Douay version)

Who distinguisheth thee?

Verb

(en-verb)

To declare to be.

To deem or determine to be.

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To award judicially; to assign.

*XIX c. , James Russell Lowell,

*:What doth the poor man's son inherit?

*:Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things,

*:A rank adjudged by toil-won merit,

*:Content that from employment springs