Portion

Definition of Portion

Por´tion

n.	1.	That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
	2.	A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him! - Job xxvi. 14. Portions and parcels of the dreadful past. - Tennyson.
	3.	A part assigned; allotment; share; fate. The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. - Luke xii. 46. Man's portion is to die and rise again. - Keble.
	4.	The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance. Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. - Luke xv. 12.
	5.	A wife's fortune; a dowry.
v. t.	1.	To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute. [imp. & p. p. Portioned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Portioning.] And portion to his tribes the wide domain. - Pope.
	2.	To endow with a portion or inheritance. Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. - Pope.

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