Verb

(en verb)

To set free.

(label) To do with birth.

# To give birth.

# To assist in the birth of.

# To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).

#* Gower

She was delivered safe and soon.

(label) To free from or disburden of anything.

* (Henry Peacham) (1578-c.1644)

Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.

To bring or transport something to its destination.

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To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.

* Bible, (w) xl. 13

Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

The constables have delivered her over.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

The exalted mind / All sense of woe delivers to the wind.

To express in words, declare, or utter.

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To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.

* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)

shaking his head and delivering some show of tears

* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

An uninstructed bowler thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward.

To discover; to show.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

I'll deliver myself your loyal servant.

(label) To admit; to allow to pass.

(Francis Bacon)

Verb

(distribut)

(senseid)To divide into portions and dispense.

He distributed the bread amongst his followers.

(senseid)To supply to retail outlets.

The agency distributes newspapers to local shops.

(senseid)To deliver or pass out.

A network of children distributes flyers to every house.

(senseid)To scatter or spread.

I raked the soil then distributed grass seed.

(senseid)To apportion (more or less evenly).

The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area.

(senseid)To classify or separate into categories.

The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments.

(senseid)(mathematics) To be distributive.

(printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.

(printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

(logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.

* Whately

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.