Dictionary entry

Portion (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Por″tion, v. 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.