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noun a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
originEtymology tree English distribute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English distributary From distribute + -ary.
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