Webster's Dictionary 1913

4888

Distributable

Dis‐trib″u‐ta‐ble (?), a. Capable of being distributed. Sir W. Jones.

4889

Distributary

Dis‐trib″u‐ta‐ry (?), a. Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.

4890

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, all...

4891

Distribute (2)

Dis‐trib″ute, v. i. To make distribution.Distributing to the necessity of saints. Rom. xii. 13.

4892

Distributer

Dis‐trib″u‐ter (?), n. One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; a dispenser. Addison.

4893

Distributing

Dis‐trib″u‐ting, a. That distributes; dealing out.Distributing past office, an office where the mails for a large district are collected to be assorted according to their destin...

4894

Distribution

Dis′tri‐bu″tion (?), n. [L. distributio: cf. F. distribution.] 1. The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment...

4895

Distributional

Dis′tri‐bu″tion‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to distribution. Huxley.

4896

Distributionist

Dis′tri‐bu″tion‐ist, n. A distributer. Dickens.

4897

Distributive

Dis‐trib″u‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. distributif.] 1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. “Distributive justice.” Swift...

4898

Distributive (2)

Dis‐trib″u‐tive, n.(Gram.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.

4899

Distributively

Dis‐trib″u‐tive‐ly, adv. By distribution; singly; not collectively; in a distributive manner.

4900

Distributiveness

Dis‐trib″u‐tive‐ness, n. Quality of being distributive.

4901

Distributor

Dis‐trib″u‐tor (?), n. One that distributes; a distributer; specif.: (a) A machine for distributing type. (b) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing in...

4902

District

Dis″trict (?), a. [L. districtus, p. p.] Rigorous; stringent; harsh.Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe.

4903

District (2)

Dis″trict, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.] 1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the powe...

4904

District (3)

Dis″trict, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Districted; p. pr. & vb. n.Districting.] To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice...

4905

Distriction

Dis‐tric″tion (?), n. [L. districtio a stretching out.] Sudden display; flash; glitter.A smile... breaks out with the brightest distriction. Collier.

4906

Districtly

Dis″trict‐ly (?), adv. Strictly. Foxe.

4907

Distringas

‖Dis‐trin″gas (?), n. [L., that you distrain, fr. distringere. See Distrain.] (Law) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a comp...

4908

Distrouble

Dis‐trou″ble (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + trouble.] To trouble. Spenser.

4909

Distrust

Dis‐trust″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n.Distrusting.] [Cf. Mistrust.] To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable ...

4910

Distrust (2)

Dis‐trust″, n. 1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.2. Su...

4911

Distruster

Dis‐trust″er (?), n. One who distrusts.

4912

Distrustful

Dis‐trust″ful (?), a. 1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.Distrustful sense with modest caution spea...

4913

Distrusting

Dis‐trust″ing, a. That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. — Dis‐trust″ing‐ly, adv.

4914

Distrustless

Dis‐trust″less, a. Free from distrust. Shenstone.