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We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.

2 Cor. iv. 8.

2. To compel by pain or suffering.

Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty.

A. Hamilton.

3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.

Syn. -- To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy.

Dis*tress"ed*ness, n. A state of being distressed or greatly pained.

Dis*tress"ful (?), a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke." Shak. "Distressful cries." Pope. -- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv.

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Dis*tress"ing (ds*trs"ng), a. Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.

Dis*tress"ing, adv. In a distressing manner.

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

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

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, allot. See Tribute.] 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.

4. (Printing) (a) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. (b) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

5. (Logic) To employ (a term) 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.

Dis*trib"ute, v. i. To make distribution.

Distributing to the necessity of saints.

Rom. xii. 13.

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