All 7 Uses
distinguish
in
Mrs. Dalloway
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- London has swallowed up many millions of young men called Smith; thought nothing of fantastic Christian names like Septimus with which their parents have thought to distinguish them.†
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- the after-care of the epileptic, and photography, so that if there was a church building, or a church decaying, she bribed the sexton, got the key and took photographs, which were scarcely to be distinguished from the work of professionals, while she waited.†
- Proportion, divine proportion, Sir William's goddess, was acquired by Sir William walking hospitals, catching salmon, begetting one son in Harley Street by Lady Bradshaw, who caught salmon herself and took photographs scarcely to be distinguished from the work of professionals.†
- There he was, the man she thought the world of, the perfect gentleman, the fascinating, the distinguished (and his age made not the least difference to her), padding about a room in an hotel in Bloomsbury, shaving, washing, continuing, as he took up cans, put down razors, to poke about in the Bodleian, and get at the truth about one or two little matters that interested him.†
- And Sir William, who looked very distinguished, with his grey hair and blue eyes, said yes; they had not been able to resist the temptation.†
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- Sally asked, that very distinguished-looking man?†
- But these two, Sally whispered, these two coming now (and really she must go, if Clarissa did not come soon), this distinguished-looking man and his rather common-looking wife who had been talking to Richard—what could one know about people like that?†
Definitions:
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(1)
(distinguish as in: distinguish fact from opinion) recognize or treat as different
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(2)
(distinguish as in: her accent distinguishes her) to set apart or to be an identifying characteristic
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(3)
(distinguish as in: the distinguished scientist) seen or demonstrated as different -- especially as worthy of admiration
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(4)
(distinguish as in: distinguish a vague shape) perceive something that is barely perceptible
- (5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)