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To employ 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;

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To employ 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. (more info) 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. To separate and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. To spread evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

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  • ASSIGNEE
    In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. (more info) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act,
  • BREAKMAN
    See BRAKEMAN
  • SPREADINGLY
    , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
  • DISPENSE
    1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2.
  • DIVORCEABLE
    Capable of being divorced.
  • DIVIDER
    An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
  • BREAKABLE
    Capable of being broken.
  • ALLOTTABLE
    Capable of being allotted.
  • DIVIDEND
    A number or quantity which is to be divided. (more info) 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated
  • DISSEVER
    To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse. The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. Sir P. Sidney. States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster. (more info)
  • DISSECT
    To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize. 2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism;
  • ALLOTRIOPHAGY
    A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
  • SHAREBEAM
    The part of the plow to which the share is attached.
  • PORTIONIST
    One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars. (more info) 1. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. Shipley.
  • DISSOCIATE
    To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance. Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer. A. W. Ward. (more info)
  • DISCONNECT
    To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. Burke. This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious
  • DISCONNECTION
    The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union. Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. Burke.
  • ACCORDANCY
    Accordance. Paley.
  • ACCORDANTLY
    In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.
  • ACCORDER
    One who accords, assents, or concedes.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • PERSEVERANCE
    Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info)
  • MAKE AND BREAK
    Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
  • BESCATTER
    1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser.
  • IMPROPORTIONATE
    Not proportionate.
  • LAWBREAKER
    One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
  • INSEPARATE
    Not separate; together; united. Shak.
  • DISPROPORTIONABLE
    Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
  • DISPROPORTIONALITY
    The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
  • IMBORDER
    To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
  • PROPORTIONATE
    Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.

 

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