partition
noun
a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
were partitioning
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past progressiveof partition.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But if you were partitioning off the different formulas of stipulations or judicial decisions, then it is not a fault to omit something in a matter which is of boundless extent.
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
