dis·trib·ute [ di strí byt ](past and past participledis·trib·ut·ed, present participledis·trib·ut·ing, 3rd person present singulardis·trib·utes)
verb
Definition:
1. transitive verb give something out: to give out something to a number of people distributed prizes
2. transitive verb share something out: to divide something into shares and give the shares to a number of people
3. transitive verb commerce sell and dispatch goods: to sell and deliver merchandise, especially wholesale goods to a retailer
4. transitive verb spread something: to scatter something or spread it throughout a particular area or place
5. transitive verb divide something into classes: to divide something up into different classes or categories
6. transitive verb logic make term apply to all: to apply a term to all the members of the class it designates
7. transitive and intransitive verb mathematics make mathematical operation apply throughout: to make an operation such as multiplication or division apply to each part of a mathematical expression
[15th century. < Latin distribut-, past participle of distribuere "assign separately" < tribuere (see tribute)]
