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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Distribute \Dis*trib"ute\, v. i.
   To make distribution.

         Distributing to the necessity of saints. --Rom. xii.
                                                  13.

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.

            She did distribute her goods to all them that were
            nearest of kindred.                   --Judith xvi.
                                                  24.

   2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice.
      --Shak.

   3. To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or
      species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters,
      etc.

   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.

   5. (Logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as
      universal in one premise.

            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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

distribute
     v 1: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
          critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
          money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal
          a blow to someone" [syn: {administer}, {mete out}, {deal},
           {parcel out}, {lot}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal out},
           {dish out}, {allot}, {dole out}]
     2: distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their
        language all over the country" [syn: {spread}] [ant: {gather}]
     3: make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book
        in Asia"
     4: give out; "The teacher handed out the exams" [syn: {give out},
         {hand out}]
     5: cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among
        the faculty" [syn: {circulate}, {pass around}, {pass on}]
     6: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
        "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: {circulate},
         {circularize}, {circularise}, {disseminate}, {propagate},
         {broadcast}, {spread}, {diffuse}, {disperse}, {pass
        around}]
     7: spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes
        the values evenly"
     8: be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses;
        "Values distribute"
     9: be mathematically distributive
     10: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the
         lecture hall" [syn: {stagger}]