Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-TRIB'U-TIVE
DIS-TRI-BU'TIONDIS-TRIB'U-TIVE
DIS-TRIB'U-TIVE, a.
- That distributes; that divides and assigns in portions; that deals to each his proper share; as, distributive justice.
- That assigns the various species of a general term.
- That separates or divides; as, a distributive adjective.
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