apportion
verbEtymology
From Middle French apportionner, from Old French aporcioner, from Late Latin apportionare, from Latin ad + portio. By surface analysis, ap- + portion.
- derived from ad
- derived from apportionare
- derived from aporcioner
- derived from apportionner
Definitions
To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
- The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.
Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner
Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
- The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.
- The Good Friday Agreement did not, and could not, apportion blame for the Troubles, in which, as in so many such conflicts, one side’s terrorist is the other’s hero.
The neighborhood
- antonymamassdivide and distribute
- antonymconcentratedivide and distribute
- antonymconsolidatedivide and distribute
- antonymgatherdivide and distribute
- antonymreassembledivide and distribute
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at apportion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at apportion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at apportion
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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