distribute

to promote, sell, and ship or deliver (an item or line of merchandise) to individual customers, especially in a specified region or area.

to pass out or deliver (mail, newspapers, etc.) to intended recipients.

to divide into distinct phases: The process was distributed into three stages.

to divide into classes: These plants are distributed into 22 classes.

Logic. to employ (a term) in a proposition so as to refer to all individuals denoted by the term.

Physical Chemistry. to dissolve uniformly in a solvent consisting of layers of immiscible or partially miscible substances.

Printing.

(often passive) to spread throughout a space or area: gulls are distributed along the west coast

(often passive) to divide into classes or categories; classify: these books are distributed in four main categories

printing to return (used type) to the correct positions in the type case

logic to incorporate in a distributed term of a categorial proposition

maths logic to expand an expression containing two operators in such a way that the precedence of the operators is changed; for example, distributing multiplication over addition in a (b + c) yields ab + ac

obsolete to dispense (justice)