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Webster 1913 Edition

Portion

Por′tion

,
Noun.
[F., from L.
portio
, akin to
pars
,
partis
, a part. See
Part
,
Noun.
]
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.
Shak.
Syn. – Division; share; parcel; quantity; allotment; dividend.
–
Portion
,
Part
. Part is generic, having a simple reference to some whole. Portion has the additional idea of such a division as bears reference to an individual, or is allotted to some object;
as, a
portion
of one's time; a
portion
of Scripture
.

Por′tion

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Portioned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Portioning
.]
1.
To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
And
portion
to his tribes the wide domain.
Pope.
2.
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
Him
portioned
maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Portion

PORTION

,
Noun.
[L. portio, from partio, to divide, from pars, part. See Part.]
1.
In general, a part of any thing separated from it. Hence,
2.
A part, though not actually divided, but considered by itself.
These are parts of his ways, but how little a portion is heard of him. Job.26.
3.
A part assigned; an allotment; a dividend.
How small
A portion to your share would fall.
The priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh. Gen.47.
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.
5.
A wife's fortune.

PORTION

,
Verb.
T.
To divide; to parcel; to allot a share or shares.
And portion to his tribes the wide domain.
1.
To endow.
Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest.

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