Reapportion

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To apportion again; to redistribute or reallocate.

    "The court intervened to reapportion the voting districts that had been unfairly laid out under the controlling party's regime."

  2. 2
    allocate, distribute, or apportion anew wordnet

Synonyms

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reallocate

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"The court intervened to reapportion the voting districts that had been unfairly laid out under the controlling party's regime."

Etymology

c 1830 re- + apportion

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