distressed, distrest

or a. TRESS, c.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Afflicted with pain, anxiety, or agony. 2. In want. destitute. 3. Exhausted. 4. In a position of danger. [DIS IMG:content-0231.png:[blocks in formation] 1477 4. To divide, separate or arrange, as into cla es, divisions, genera, .; to cla ify. 5. To spread, to scatter, to disperse. "The greater number of families [of plants] is dis tributed over the whole globe." -Balfour : Botany, § 1146. II. Technically : 1. Logic: To employ a term in its fullest extent. [DISTRIBUTED.] "Universal judgments distribute, i. e., introduce the whole of their subject; particulars do not. In 'All the fixed stars twinkle,' and 'No man is wise at all times,' it is obvious that we are speaking of the whole of the fixed stars, and of men, respectively; and therefore each term is distributed."-Thomson: Laws of Thought , § 77. 2. Print.: To separate and return the type from the column to the case. B. Intransitive: 1. To share, to deal out. "He distributed to the disciples." -John vi. 11. 2. Specif .: To dispense charity. "Distributing to the nece ity of the saints."-Romans xii. 13. 3. To a ign, to allot, to dispense. "As God hath distributed to every man."-1 Cor . vii. 17. For the difference between to distribute and to dispense, see DISPENSE; for that between to dis tribute and to divide , see DIVIDE. dis-trib-u-těd, pa. par. or a. [DISTRIBUTE.] A. As pa. par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : distribution