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verb

Distribute v. t. (past & past part. distributed; pres. part. distributing)

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot. "She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred."

To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice.

To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.

(Printing)

(a)

To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.

(b)

To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

(Logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. "A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to."

Synonyms: To dispense; deal out; apportion; allot; share; assign; divide.

Distribute v. i. To make distribution.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Distribute" Quotes from Famous Books

... instruments of trade, though it makes a part, and a very valuable part, of the capital, makes no part of the revenue of the society to which it belongs; and though the metal pieces of which it is composed, in the course of their annual circulation, distribute to every man the revenue which properly belongs to him, they make themselves no part of ...

— An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations • Adam Smith

... was then in the locker, however, was soon out of it when Mrs. Kinzer and the rest came, for they brought with them the officers of the wrecked bark, and neither Joe nor Fuz had a chance to so much as "help distribute" that supply of provisions. Ham went over to make sure it should be properly done, while Mrs. Kinzer saw her little patient with his father and mother safely stowed on board ...

— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 • Various

... a sum of money for which a hundred oxen might be bought, to distribute among the poor. He said the God of the Christians is a spirit and requires none but spiritual sacrifices; that the best offering a man can bring him is a prayer prompted by the spirit and proceeding from ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... the Mahas, with whom they are now at war. We promised to do so, and wished some of them to accompany us to that nation, which they declined, for fear of being killed by them. We then proceeded to distribute our presents. The grand chief of the nation not being of the party, we sent him a flag, a medal, and some ornaments for clothing. To the six chiefs who were present, we gave a medal of the second grade to one Ottoe chief and one Missouri chief; a medal of the third grade to two inferior ...

— First Across the Continent • Noah Brooks

... speed at which the atmospheric currents move," said Bearwarden, "coupled with the comparative lowness of the mountain chains and the slight obstruction they offer to their passage, must distribute the rain very thoroughly, notwithstanding the great unbroken area of the continents. There can be no such state of things here as exists in the western part of South America, where the Andes are so high ...

— A Journey in Other Worlds - A Romance of the Future • John Jacob Astor

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