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.
Dis"tan*cy (?), n. Distance. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Dis"tant (?), a. [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See Stand.] 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
One board had two tenons, equally distant.
Ex. xxxvi. 22.
Diana's temple is not distant far.
Shak.
2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
The success of these distant enterprises.
Prescott.
3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
He passed me with a distant bow.
Goldsmith.