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distributing
Variant of distribute
transitive verb distributed, distributing
- to divide and give out in shares; allot
- to scatter or spread out, as over a surface
- to divide and arrange according to a classification; classify
- to put (things) in various distinct places
- Obsolete to administer, as justice
- Printing to break up (set type) and put the letters back in the proper boxes
- Law to apportion (an intestate's property) to those entitled to it
- Logic to use (a term) in such a way as to refer to all members of its extension
Related Forms:
- distributable adjective
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