- (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.
- (n.) A wife's fortune; a dowry.
- (v.t.) To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
- (n.) That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
- (n.) A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
- (v.t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
- (n.) A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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