1691 H. Aldrich i. iii. 4 Medium non distributum est anceps.]
1826 R. Whately i. §5 40 A term is said to be ‘distributed’ when it is taken universally, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.
1844 R. Whately ii. iii. §2 Then the conclusion..would have its predicate—the Major term—distributed, which was undistributed in the premiss.
1889 9 Nov. To avoid the loss of time inherent in distributed workshops.