v. t. - To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
v. t. - To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice.
v. t. - To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.
v. t. - To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
v. t. - To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
v. t. - To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
v. i. - To make distribution.