apportioned

English

Verb

apportioned

1. simple past and past participle of apportion

Adjective

apportioned (not comparable)

1. Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     Here indeed was the witch wife's chance; and she was the more keen, for her master had warned her that this was her last chance. Either Ailie's soul would be his, or her auld wrunkled body and black heart would be flung from this pleasant world to their apportioned place.

Derived terms

• malapportioned
• unapportioned

 

Anagrams

• preadoption