DISTRIBUTED
distributed
(adjective) spread out or scattered about or divided up
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
distributed
simple past tense and past participle of distribute
Source: Wiktionary
DISTRIBUTE
Dis*trib"ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distributed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Distributing.] Etym: [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)
Definition: 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.
Dis*trib"ute, v. i.
Definition: To make distribution.
Distributing to the necessity of saints. Rom. xii. 13.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition