distribute

Definitions

1. 1.2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice. Shak.
2. 2.To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.
3. 3.(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.
4. 4.(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.
5. 5.To make distribution. Distributing to the necessity of saints. Rom. xii. 13.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice. Shak called?
• What is to divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc called?
• What is (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 called?
• What is to make distribution. Distributing to the necessity of saints. Rom. xii. 13 called?