Apportioned
adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of apportion form-of, participle, past
- 1 Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted. not-comparable
"Here indeed was the witch wife's chance; and she was the more keen, for her master had warned her that this was her last chance. Either Ailie's soul would be his, or her auld wrunkled body and black heart would be flung from this pleasant world to their apportioned place."
- 1 given out in portions wordnet
Example
More examples"Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons."
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