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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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
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
She had partitioned off one corner of the gallery and set up a manicure and hairdressing parlor.
From The She Boss A Western Story by Arthur Preston Hankins
The French Republic in 1797 was neither more nor less aggressive, immoral, piratical, than the monarchies which had partitioned Poland, and had intended to redistribute the continent of Europe to suit their own ambitions.
From Burke by John Morley
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
