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preportion

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[pree-pawr-shuhn, pohr-] / priˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr- /

verb (used with object)

  1. to divide into portions before packaging, selling, etc..

    to preportion meals for schools and hospitals.

Etymology

Origin of preportion

pre- + portion

Example Sentences

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I have noticed a great preportion Buck Elks on this lower part of the river, and but very few above. those above which are emencely noumerous are feemales Generally.

From The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by Lewis, Meriwether

The preportion of Pillars of this Order, 101.

From An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude

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