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