That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
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.
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.
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.
A wife's fortune; a dowry. Shak.
To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute. And portion to his tribes the wide domain. Pope.
To endow with a portion or inheritance. Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. Pope.
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