Portioning

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Portion \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.
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              And portion to his tribes the wide domain. --Pope.
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     2. To endow with a portion or inheritance.
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              Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.
                                                    --Pope.
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