DISTANCE (2)

distance (2). Distance, v.t. to leave behind, to cast out or off

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Dis″tance (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distancing (?).] 1. 1. To place at a distance or remotely.
I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. Fuller. 2. 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. 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.