单词 | apportion |
释义 | † apportionn. Obsolete. rare. Division in just proportion. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out partingc1330 departinga1340 divisionc1380 partition1429 departison1444 dividentc1450 skiftingc1450 partage1484 portiona1513 departition?c1530 dividend1535 portioning1556 reparting1574 repartment1574 parcery1582 sharing1598 apportion1628 compartition1636 department1677 dividing1719 whacking1851 partitionment1864 divide1873 share-out1877 whack1885 sharesies1916 carve-up1935 the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > in just proportion admeasurementa1325 measurementa1325 apportion1628 apportionment1628 admensuration1766 prorating1876 proration1904 prorationing1930 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 148 a Apportion signifieth a Diuision or partition of a Rent, common, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). apportionv. 1. To assign (to a person) as his or her proper portion or share; to allot. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > to a person as his share britOE dealc1400 lotc1400 allow?c1450 allot1473 proportion1581 apportion1587 portion1587 share1596 allocate1616 locate1816 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xv. 276 Euery certeyne Soule must needes be apportioned and appoynted to some one certeine body. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. §11. 17 What reward God please to apportion to it. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 52/1 The first duty of a legislator is to apportion penalties. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) vii. 25 His guardians had apportioned to him an allowance..adequate to his position. 2. To assign in proper portions or shares; to divide and assign proportionally; to portion out, to share. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > in due proportion proportiona1475 rate1491 apportionate1523 apportion1528 limit1530 discribe1531 applot1633 proportionate1637 admeasure1641 prorate1858 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xviii The..rent seruyce..shal be apporcyoned after the value of the lande. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 105 The Matter in competition is often Indivisible. An Office, or a Mistress, can't be Apportion'd out like Common. 1778 G. Morris in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) II. 131 A contribution..to be apportioned upon the inhabitants, according to their wealth. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. iii. xvi. §1 To apportion the expenses of production between the two. 3. To adjust according to due proportion or measure; to proportion. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > make proportionate (to) proportiona1398 qualify1548 modulatec1570 proportionate1570 measure1590 cantle1603 apportion1615 equal1618 commensurate1660 scantle1711 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 43 The number wee cannot better aportion, then from the nature and definition of a Principle. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 245 This seems apportioned to animal wants. 1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 191 It was the measure..for the birds to apportion their silver warblings by. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1628v.1528 |
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