'Distributing' definitions:

Definition of 'Distributing'

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  • Distributing \Dis*trib"u*ting\, a. That distributes; dealing out. [1913 Webster]
  • Distributing past office, an office where the mails for a large district are collected to be assorted according to their destination and forwarded. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Distributing'

From: GCIDE
  • Distribute \Dis*trib"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. [1913 Webster]
  • She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred. --Judith xvi. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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