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re⋅dis⋅trib⋅ute

  [ree-di-strib-yoot]
Use redistribute in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -ut⋅ed, -ut⋅ing.
1. to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
2. to alter the distribution of; apportion differently: Let's redistribute the work more fairly.
Origin:
1605–15; re- + distribute
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re·dis·trib·ute   (rē'dĭ-strĭb'yōōt)   
tr.v.   re·dis·trib·ut·ed, re·dis·trib·ut·ing, re·dis·trib·utes
To distribute again in a different way; reallocate.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

redistribute 
1611, from re- "back, again" + distribute (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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