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disattend

verb

Etymology

From dis- + attend.

  1. derived from attendō
  2. derived from atendre — “to await, wait for; to expect; to intend”
  3. inherited from attenden
  4. prefixed as disattend — “dis + attend”

Definitions

  1. To be distracted (from)

    To be distracted (from); used with to.

    • More specifically, they learn to move towards, and quickly respond to, positive stimuli ( e.g., portraits of happy faces) and disattend to, or shift attention away from, negative stimuli (e.g., mean faces, threatening animals).

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