To divide or distribute into portions or shares; parcel; allot in shares.
To endow with a portion or an inheritance.
noun.
A part of a whole, whether separated from it, or considered by itself though not actually separated.
noun.
A part assigned or contributed; a share; an allowance or allotment; hence, a helping at table.
noun.
Lot; fate; destiny.
noun.
The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, or to be distributed to him in the settlement of the estate.
noun.
A wife's fortune; a dowry.