Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distribute"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distribute \Dis*trib"ute\, v. i.
To make distribution.
Distributing to the necessity of saints. --Rom. xii.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distribute \Dis*trib"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distributed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Distributing}.] [L. distributus, p. p. of
distribuere to divide, distribute; dis- + tribuere to assign,
give, allot. See {Tribute}.]
1. 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. --Judith xvi.
24.
2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice.
--Shak.
3. To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or
species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters,
etc.
4. (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.
5. (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. --Whately.
Syn: To dispense; deal out; apportion; allot; share; assign;
divide.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
distribute
v 1: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal
a blow to someone" [syn: {administer}, {mete out}, {deal},
{parcel out}, {lot}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal out},
{dish out}, {allot}, {dole out}]
2: distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their
language all over the country" [syn: {spread}] [ant: {gather}]
3: make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book
in Asia"
4: give out freely [syn: {give away}, {give out}, {hand out}]
5: cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among
the faculty" [syn: {circulate}, {pass around}, {pass on}]
6: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
"circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: {circulate},
{circularize}, {circularise}, {disseminate}, {propagate},
{broadcast}, {spread}, {diffuse}, {disperse}, {pass
around}]
7: to arrange in a stack or pile; "stagger the chairs in the
lecture hall" [syn: {stack}, {stagger}]
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