DISTRIBUTE

Definitions

1. 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. 2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice. Shak.
3. 3. To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.
4. 4. To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
5. 5. To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
6. 6. 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.