v.tr.
1. give shares of; deal out.
2 spread about; scatter (distributed the seeds evenly over the garden).
3 divide into parts; arrange; classify.
4 Printing separate (type that has been set up) and return the characters to their separate boxes.
5 Logic use (a term) to include every individual of the class to which it refers.
Derivatives:
distributable adj.
Etymology: ME f. L distribuere distribut- (as DIS-, tribuere assign)