Distributes meaning : To divide into portions and dispense. To supply to retail outlets. To deliver or pass out. To scatter or spread. To apportion (more or less evenly). To classify or separate into categories. To be distributive. To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table. To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.