(v. t.) To divide among several or many; to deal out; to
apportion; to allot.
(v. t.) To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute
justice.
(v. t.) To divide or separate, as into classes, orders,
kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.
(v. t.) To separate (type which has been used) and return it
to the proper boxes in the cases.
(v. t.) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
(v. t.) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as
universal in one premise.
(v. i.) To make distribution.
