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English Dictionary: distribute	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for distribute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distribute v 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"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" Synonym(s): distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country" Synonym(s): spread, distribute Antonym(s): collect, garner, gather, pull together make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia" give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams" Synonym(s): distribute, give out, hand out, pass out cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" Synonym(s): circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" Synonym(s): circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes the values evenly" be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses; "Values distribute" be mathematically distributive to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall" Synonym(s): stagger, distribute
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distribute \Distrib"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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distribute \Dis*trib"ute\, v. i. To make distribution. Distributing to the necessity of saints. --Rom. xii. 13.