'Portioning' definitions:
Definition of 'Portioning'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- And portion to his tribes the wide domain. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To endow with a portion or inheritance. [1913 Webster]
- Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. --Pope. [1913 Webster]