partition
noun
a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
had partitioned
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past perfectof partition.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The "room" turned out to be a 6-by-9-ft. corner of the basement, which Mrs. Stertz had partitioned off with sleazy grey curtains.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here, where once had been a well whence Mr. Ridley provided his tenements with cheap water of questionable purity, the strange, 88-year-old man had partitioned off a cheerless office.
From Time Magazine Archive
After an earnest correspondence the queen proposed that Bavaria should be divided between them as they had partitioned Poland.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
We had partitioned off a little chapel in one corner of the grotto, which we had left untouched, and nothing could be more magnificent than this chapel lighted up, with its colonnades, portico, and altars.
From The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island by Johann David Wyss
At the time of the Consul's residence this water-floor was held by another tenant, a dealer in antiquities, who had partitioned off a shallow space across its broad front for a show-room.
From The Front Yard by Constance Fenimore Woolson
