allotv.

Brit.

/əˈlɒt/, U.S.

/əˈlɑt/

Forms: late Middle English alotted (past participle), 1500s–1600s allott, 1500s–1600s allotte, 1500s–1600s alot, 1500s–1600s alott, 1500s–1700s alotte, 1500s– allot; also Scottish pre-1700 alloat, pre-1700 alote.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French alloter.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman alloter, aloter to give or assign (something) to someone authoritatively, without the recipient having any control (1304) < a- a- prefix⁵ + lot lot n. Compare earlier lot v. and the Romance parallels cited at that entry. Compare Middle French alocter (a1457 in an apparently isolated attestation), French allotir (1611). Compare post-classical Latin allottare (c1443, a1564 in British sources; < French).

a. transitive. To give or assign (something) to someone authoritatively, without the recipient having any control; to distribute (shares, duties, etc.) among a number of people; to apportion. Also: to assign (a person) to the charge of another (cf. sense 5.). Frequently with to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another

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to foster out1960

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > to a person as his share

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1473–4 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 2nd Roll §24. m. 3 To whome the seid lordship, maner, wapentake, londes and tenementes..be alotted, or hereafter shalbe alotted.

c1523 J. Rastell tr. Tenuris sig. B.iii/2 Purparte be betwen two perceners and more land be alottyd to one than to the other.

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xx^v The landes in fe symple be alotted to the yonger doughter in alowaunce of the tenementes tayled, alotted to the elder doughter.

1626 Proclamation §8 in Maldon (Essex) Borough Deeds (Bundle 118, No. 13) To euery thousand Souldiers, there be allotted one hundred pioners, to be prouided with Pickaxes, Shouels, [etc.].

1645 in F. Baylies Hist. Mem. Colony New Plymouth (1830) II. 202 He doth..agree to accept of ten acres of salt-marsh.., formerly allotted to him in full of the meadow land belonging to the town.

1660 S. Pepys Diary 22 May (1970) I. 152 I spent an houre at allotting to every ship their service.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. vii. 103 I allotted to each of the family what they were to do.

1807 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1916) 1st Ser. VI. 147 Prisoner servants of the Crown are allotted to Settlers.

1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 19 Preamb. Lands allotted under Local Acts of inclosure for the benefit of the poor.

1920 Times 16 July 18/3 (advt.) Shares will not be allotted by way of original issue, but the Company will procure them to be transferred to the applicants free of cost.

1935 G. Blake Shipbuilders v. 143 The foreman to whom he had been allotted had to make work for him.

1962 J. R. Powell Navy in Eng. Civil War x. 150 Nineteen ships were allotted to the Irish Guard, of which nine were to guard Milford Haven and to ply about Land's End.

2008 Independent 20 June 35/2 University funding derives from external grant bodies..and from the Government, which allots monies based on a ranking system.

†b. intransitive. To be assigned authoritatively. Obsolete. rare.

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1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxi That other ploughe lande that alotteth to the purparte of that other.

c. transitive. With direct and indirect object. Also with out.

ΚΠ

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 251 To allot them out some proportions of land, in stead of pay.

1716 T. Burnett Ess. upon Governm. 19 Whether our First Parents,..might not make a Distribution to their Children, and allot them their respective Portions for the Prevention of Dispute.

1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. i. 71 To distinguish persons with regard to their age and talents, and to allot them accordingly their several provinces.

1858 G. W. Dasent in Oxf. Ess. 185 Chief after chief coming out [to Iceland]..settling himself on some great chief's lot.., who allotted him a portion on condition of the acknowledgement of his supremacy.

1864 V. Lushington Rep. High Court Admiralty 1 94 Three masters of fishing-luggers..who apply to the Court to allot them their share of 375l. salvage money paid to the defendants.

1939 Fortune Nov. 91 Each communications company,..each station, is allotted its own frequencies.

1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo ix. 210 One by one they were allotted their duties.

2011 T. Johnson Trag. in Crimson viii. 166 The Panchen Lama would take his family up to the Western Hills outside Beijing, where the party allotted him a recreational villa.

2. transitive. Of God, fate, etc.: to decide or appoint (a person's condition, circumstances, lifespan, etc.); to assign a particular fate or lot (lot n. 6a). Frequently with indirect object or to. Also with infinitive as object. Occasionally in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint

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1532 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. 15 May (1933) 49 If it be Goddes auctorite to us alotted, thowe we cannot use it condignely, yet we cannot geve it awaye.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Cii^v The wofull end that was alotted him.

1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 129 His fate allotted him to fall Amid the sowsing Seas and troublous Tide.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 12 For thus the Goddes alotted had her paine.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 8 Heav'n, has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky Revolution of their Fate.

1755 E. F. Haywood Invisible Spy III. 183 Gladly would I resign the one half of those years fate has allotted for my life, to have the other blest with the possession of my Selima.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 193 The sphere thy fate allots.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xvii. §728 The climate which the Creator has..allotted to this portion of the earth.

1917 Sabbath Recorder 20 Aug. 251/2 God allots to the Christian his burdens.

1984 D. H. Rosenthal tr. J. Martorell & M. J. de Galba Tirant Lo Blanc ccxcviii. 450 Fortune allots things like wealth, rank, and power, but the decision to..behave well or badly..is in each man's power.

2007 R. Roth Chinook 372 He..had decided to retire at sixty, so he could enjoy whatever length of life God had allotted him.

3. More generally.

a. transitive. To assign or designate as being the appropriate share, entitlement, or responsibility of a particular person, office, etc.; to set aside (something) for a particular purpose; to devote. Also with infinitive. Frequently with to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to a specific purpose

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1534 S. Gardiner Let. 5 May (1933) 56 Those that be named commissioners..have gladly..taken upon them to doo ther partes allotted unto them.

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 11 Those then that be chosen vnto Bishoprikes, haue allotted to them, not a soueraintie, but a seruice.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 174 Two or three afternoons he allotted every week to hear peremptories.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 277 The anous Vessels allotted to the Spleen.

1760 S. Johnson Idler 22 Mar. 89 Ten Years I will allot to the Attainment of Knowledge.

1805 Elem. Chess 7 The pieces allotted to each player are sixteen; viz, a king, a queen, two bishops, [etc.].

1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) V. 33 Obliged to allot the Portuguese carts..to the purpose of removing the wounded soldiers.

1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein I. iv. 110 These few sentences are all that Stein allots to a period of nine years.

1900 W. L. Courtney Idea of Trag. 15 A huge semi-circle of seats, perhaps first made of wood, afterwards of stone,..allotted to the chorus.

1952 J. A. Ramsay Physiol. Approach Lower Animals p. viii It is the task of the author of a text-book to seek a balanced treatment of his subject, allotting to each aspect such space as its importance seems to demand.

2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 23 Nov. xvii. 7A/3 Participants prepare the dishes at their own speed during the two hours allotted.

b. transitive. With direct and indirect object.

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1596 B. Griffin Fidessa xxx. sig. C7^v This hap her crueltie hath her alotten.

1709 Tatler 13 Oct. Since Fame was the only End of all their..Studies, a Man cannot be too scrupulous in allotting them their due Proportion of it.

1718 Free-thinker No. 2. 2 He has a Seat allotted him at each Theatre.

1771 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. South of Ireland xlii. 435 It depends upon futurity to allot them their respective nitches in the Temple of Fame.

1870 Times 9 Aug. 3/4 Deep-fielders have now a better chance of compassing with effect the space allotted them.

1918 Daily Mail 29 Nov. 3/2 The commerce of the City of London has been allotted a given number of pivotal men.

1950 Times 2 Sept. 3/3 Each clan will be allotted a marquee on one of the adjoining fields, where the chief or his representor will display his flag.

2001 C. Coker Humane Warfare v. 105 Women were allotted the private sphere:..domestic..virtues and the morality of sympathy.

4. transitive. To attribute (something, esp. an action, quality, etc.) as due or proper to (also unto). Also with infinitive. Now somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)]

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to score (something) on1645

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to put down1723

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?1556 N. Smyth in tr. Herodian Hist. Annot. sig. Ff.iv^v Ptolome describeth thys countrey in the fyrst Table of Asie, and dothe not alot vnto it so great a compasse.

1598 F. Bacon Sacred Medit. x. 125 Nothing can be more iustly allotted to be the saying of fooles then this—‘There is no God.’

1606 Bp. J. King 4th Serm. Hampton Court 41 In time of persecution the especialty and difference of honour might bee allotted to such men.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 172. ⁋6 Scarce any man is willing to allot to accident, friendship, etc...the part which they may justly claim in his advancement.

1864 Sunday at Home 11 230/2 A very ancient tomb-stone..bearing an inscription allotting it to a certain Lugna, the nephew of St. Patrick.

1865 Fraser's Mag. May 617/2 The fallacy of Spinozism..is the supremacy allotted to Reason, which should only be allotted to Life.

1920 J. S. Newberry tr. P. Claudel City i. 5 There is, in a given area, no movement Allotted to chance.

2003 B. Vedder in J. E. Faulconer Transcendence in Philos. & Relig. i. ii. 36 Whether God's existence can be proven conclusively—whether it is possible, with rational means, to allot to God a reality that will also convince others.

5. transitive. To designate or select (a person) to do something or for a particular purpose; to appoint (a person) to an office or position. Now somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] > one's lot

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to do something

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1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse xi. xlviii. f. 126^v He woulde not that I shoulde be any lenger of the nomber of his Priestes, but he allotted me to be one of the Decurious [1582 Decurions] & Senatours.

1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 45 Why was John of London alotted..to pay him 40 pounds?

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iii. sig. F4 I am allotted To that desertlesse office, to present you With the yet bleeding head.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. viii. 204 We will allott only two of these six to attain to the state of Men and Women.

1745 Westm. Jrnl. 21 Sept. 1/2 Even of those [troops] who were allotted for home Service, a Part only were thought sufficient for that Purpose, and the Rest sent abroad.

1809 Cobbett's Compl. Coll. State Trials I. 1437 Blunt..says, he knew..that they had allotted him to place,..but to what office, he knew not.

1853 Times 2 June 7/2 The men will be told off for their several functions as ‘pole men’, ‘peg men’, and ‘unpackers of tents’, two men being allotted for each of these duties.

1964 Kenya Gaz. 14 Aug. 1712 It is up to the Whips, both from the Opposition and the Government, to make sure that on each Head so many people are allotted to speak.

2005 I. McEwan Saturday ii. 74 How restful it must once have been, in another age, to be prosperous and believe that an all-knowing supernatural force had allotted people to their stations in life.

6. transitive. North American regional (chiefly New England). colloquial. With clause as object or with infinitive. To reckon; to intend. Also intransitive: to rely or count on or upon. Cf. lot v. 5. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (intransitive)] > rely on

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1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. 31 I allot upon going to such a place.

1839 J. Brace Princ. Eng. Gram. 114 I allot much on returning home soon.

1839 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker xxi. 74 And I allot we must economise or we will be ruined.

1931–3 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 46/1 I'm lottin to go..I'm allotin'.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	allot
释义	allotv. Brit. /əˈlɒt/, U.S. /əˈlɑt/ Forms: late Middle English alotted (past participle), 1500s–1600s allott, 1500s–1600s allotte, 1500s–1600s alot, 1500s–1600s alott, 1500s–1700s alotte, 1500s– allot; also Scottish pre-1700 alloat, pre-1700 alote. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French alloter. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman alloter, aloter to give or assign (something) to someone authoritatively, without the recipient having any control (1304) < a- a- prefix⁵ + lot lot n. Compare earlier lot v. and the Romance parallels cited at that entry. Compare Middle French alocter (a1457 in an apparently isolated attestation), French allotir (1611). Compare post-classical Latin allottare (c1443, a1564 in British sources; < French). 1. a. transitive. To give or assign (something) to someone authoritatively, without the recipient having any control; to distribute (shares, duties, etc.) among a number of people; to apportion. Also: to assign (a person) to the charge of another (cf. sense 5.). Frequently with to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another givea1000 beteachc1000 teachc1000 betake1297 trust1340 bekena1375 commenda1382 putc1390 recommanda1393 commitc1405 recommendc1405 resignc1425 allot1473 commise1474 commanda1500 consign1528 in charge (of)1548 credit1559 incommend1574 entrusta1586 aret1590 be-giftc1590 concredit1593 betrust1619 concrede1643 subcommit1681 to farm out1786 confide1861 fide1863 doorstep1945 to foster out1960 the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > to a person as his share britOE dealc1400 lotc1400 allow?c1450 allot1473 proportion1581 apportion1587 portion1587 share1596 allocate1616 locate1816 1473–4 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 2nd Roll §24. m. 3 To whome the seid lordship, maner, wapentake, londes and tenementes..be alotted, or hereafter shalbe alotted. c1523 J. Rastell tr. Tenuris sig. B.iii/2 Purparte be betwen two perceners and more land be alottyd to one than to the other. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xx^v The landes in fe symple be alotted to the yonger doughter in alowaunce of the tenementes tayled, alotted to the elder doughter. 1626 Proclamation §8 in Maldon (Essex) Borough Deeds (Bundle 118, No. 13) To euery thousand Souldiers, there be allotted one hundred pioners, to be prouided with Pickaxes, Shouels, [etc.]. 1645 in F. Baylies Hist. Mem. Colony New Plymouth (1830) II. 202 He doth..agree to accept of ten acres of salt-marsh.., formerly allotted to him in full of the meadow land belonging to the town. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 22 May (1970) I. 152 I spent an houre at allotting to every ship their service. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. vii. 103 I allotted to each of the family what they were to do. 1807 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1916) 1st Ser. VI. 147 Prisoner servants of the Crown are allotted to Settlers. 1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 19 Preamb. Lands allotted under Local Acts of inclosure for the benefit of the poor. 1920 Times 16 July 18/3 (advt.) Shares will not be allotted by way of original issue, but the Company will procure them to be transferred to the applicants free of cost. 1935 G. Blake Shipbuilders v. 143 The foreman to whom he had been allotted had to make work for him. 1962 J. R. Powell Navy in Eng. Civil War x. 150 Nineteen ships were allotted to the Irish Guard, of which nine were to guard Milford Haven and to ply about Land's End. 2008 Independent 20 June 35/2 University funding derives from external grant bodies..and from the Government, which allots monies based on a ranking system. †b. intransitive. To be assigned authoritatively. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxi That other ploughe lande that alotteth to the purparte of that other. c. transitive. With direct and indirect object. Also with out. ΚΠ 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 251 To allot them out some proportions of land, in stead of pay. 1716 T. Burnett Ess. upon Governm. 19 Whether our First Parents,..might not make a Distribution to their Children, and allot them their respective Portions for the Prevention of Dispute. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. i. 71 To distinguish persons with regard to their age and talents, and to allot them accordingly their several provinces. 1858 G. W. Dasent in Oxf. Ess. 185 Chief after chief coming out [to Iceland]..settling himself on some great chief's lot.., who allotted him a portion on condition of the acknowledgement of his supremacy. 1864 V. Lushington Rep. High Court Admiralty 1 94 Three masters of fishing-luggers..who apply to the Court to allot them their share of 375l. salvage money paid to the defendants. 1939 Fortune Nov. 91 Each communications company,..each station, is allotted its own frequencies. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo ix. 210 One by one they were allotted their duties. 2011 T. Johnson Trag. in Crimson viii. 166 The Panchen Lama would take his family up to the Western Hills outside Beijing, where the party allotted him a recreational villa. 2. transitive. Of God, fate, etc.: to decide or appoint (a person's condition, circumstances, lifespan, etc.); to assign a particular fate or lot (lot n. 6a). Frequently with indirect object or to. Also with infinitive as object. Occasionally in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint asetc885 teachc897 deemc900 ashapea1000 i-demeOE setc1000 shiftc1000 stevenOE redeOE willOE lookc1175 showc1175 stablea1300 devise1303 terminea1325 shapec1330 stightlea1375 determinec1384 judgea1387 sign1389 assize1393 statute1397 commanda1400 decree1399 yarka1400 writec1405 decreetc1425 rule1447 stallc1460 constitute1481 assignc1485 institute1485 prescribec1487 constitue1489 destinate1490 to lay down1493 make?a1513 call1523 plant1529 allot1532 stint1533 determ1535 appointa1538 destinec1540 prescrive1552 lot1560 fore-appoint1561 nominate1564 to set down1576 refer1590 sort1592 doom1594 fit1600 dictate1606 determinate1636 inordera1641 state1647 fix1660 direct1816 1532 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. 15 May (1933) 49 If it be Goddes auctorite to us alotted, thowe we cannot use it condignely, yet we cannot geve it awaye. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Cii^v The wofull end that was alotted him. 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 129 His fate allotted him to fall Amid the sowsing Seas and troublous Tide. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 12 For thus the Goddes alotted had her paine. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 8 Heav'n, has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky Revolution of their Fate. 1755 E. F. Haywood Invisible Spy III. 183 Gladly would I resign the one half of those years fate has allotted for my life, to have the other blest with the possession of my Selima. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 193 The sphere thy fate allots. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xvii. §728 The climate which the Creator has..allotted to this portion of the earth. 1917 Sabbath Recorder 20 Aug. 251/2 God allots to the Christian his burdens. 1984 D. H. Rosenthal tr. J. Martorell & M. J. de Galba Tirant Lo Blanc ccxcviii. 450 Fortune allots things like wealth, rank, and power, but the decision to..behave well or badly..is in each man's power. 2007 R. Roth Chinook 372 He..had decided to retire at sixty, so he could enjoy whatever length of life God had allotted him. 3. More generally. a. transitive. To assign or designate as being the appropriate share, entitlement, or responsibility of a particular person, office, etc.; to set aside (something) for a particular purpose; to devote. Also with infinitive. Frequently with to. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot givec1050 bequeatha1325 ordaina1325 assign1340 sortc1374 sign1389 betakea1400 beteacha1400 remiss1525 allot1534 carve1578 divide1600 to set off1687 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to a specific purpose appropre1340 ordaina1393 appoint1526 allot1534 appropriate1605 affect1611 allocate1616 prescribe1616 1534 S. Gardiner Let. 5 May (1933) 56 Those that be named commissioners..have gladly..taken upon them to doo ther partes allotted unto them. 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 11 Those then that be chosen vnto Bishoprikes, haue allotted to them, not a soueraintie, but a seruice. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 174 Two or three afternoons he allotted every week to hear peremptories. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 277 The anous Vessels allotted to the Spleen. 1760 S. Johnson Idler 22 Mar. 89 Ten Years I will allot to the Attainment of Knowledge. 1805 Elem. Chess 7 The pieces allotted to each player are sixteen; viz, a king, a queen, two bishops, [etc.]. 1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) V. 33 Obliged to allot the Portuguese carts..to the purpose of removing the wounded soldiers. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein I. iv. 110 These few sentences are all that Stein allots to a period of nine years. 1900 W. L. Courtney Idea of Trag. 15 A huge semi-circle of seats, perhaps first made of wood, afterwards of stone,..allotted to the chorus. 1952 J. A. Ramsay Physiol. Approach Lower Animals p. viii It is the task of the author of a text-book to seek a balanced treatment of his subject, allotting to each aspect such space as its importance seems to demand. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 23 Nov. xvii. 7A/3 Participants prepare the dishes at their own speed during the two hours allotted. b. transitive. With direct and indirect object. ΚΠ 1596 B. Griffin Fidessa xxx. sig. C7^v This hap her crueltie hath her alotten. 1709 Tatler 13 Oct. Since Fame was the only End of all their..Studies, a Man cannot be too scrupulous in allotting them their due Proportion of it. 1718 Free-thinker No. 2. 2 He has a Seat allotted him at each Theatre. 1771 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. South of Ireland xlii. 435 It depends upon futurity to allot them their respective nitches in the Temple of Fame. 1870 Times 9 Aug. 3/4 Deep-fielders have now a better chance of compassing with effect the space allotted them. 1918 Daily Mail 29 Nov. 3/2 The commerce of the City of London has been allotted a given number of pivotal men. 1950 Times 2 Sept. 3/3 Each clan will be allotted a marquee on one of the adjoining fields, where the chief or his representor will display his flag. 2001 C. Coker Humane Warfare v. 105 Women were allotted the private sphere:..domestic..virtues and the morality of sympathy. 4. transitive. To attribute (something, esp. an action, quality, etc.) as due or proper to (also unto). Also with infinitive. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)] titleOE aretc1340 witena1375 witnea1375 reta1382 depute1382 wite1382 seta1387 layc1425 expoundc1430 imputec1480 attribue1481 assign1489 reckon1526 attribute1530 count1535 allot?1556 draw1578 object1613 prefer1628 entitle1629 implya1641 to score (something) on1645 intitule1651 put1722 to put down1723 charge1737 own1740 place1802 to set down1822 affiliate1823 ?1556 N. Smyth in tr. Herodian Hist. Annot. sig. Ff.iv^v Ptolome describeth thys countrey in the fyrst Table of Asie, and dothe not alot vnto it so great a compasse. 1598 F. Bacon Sacred Medit. x. 125 Nothing can be more iustly allotted to be the saying of fooles then this—‘There is no God.’ 1606 Bp. J. King 4th Serm. Hampton Court 41 In time of persecution the especialty and difference of honour might bee allotted to such men. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 172. ⁋6 Scarce any man is willing to allot to accident, friendship, etc...the part which they may justly claim in his advancement. 1864 Sunday at Home 11 230/2 A very ancient tomb-stone..bearing an inscription allotting it to a certain Lugna, the nephew of St. Patrick. 1865 Fraser's Mag. May 617/2 The fallacy of Spinozism..is the supremacy allotted to Reason, which should only be allotted to Life. 1920 J. S. Newberry tr. P. Claudel City i. 5 There is, in a given area, no movement Allotted to chance. 2003 B. Vedder in J. E. Faulconer Transcendence in Philos. & Relig. i. ii. 36 Whether God's existence can be proven conclusively—whether it is possible, with rational means, to allot to God a reality that will also convince others. 5. transitive. To designate or select (a person) to do something or for a particular purpose; to appoint (a person) to an office or position. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] > one's lot ordainc1384 fortune1390 allot1566 design1593 number1611 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to do something ordaina1325 disponec1374 rule1448 appoint1496 awarda1538 allot1566 to knock down1759 to set on1852 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse xi. xlviii. f. 126^v He woulde not that I shoulde be any lenger of the nomber of his Priestes, but he allotted me to be one of the Decurious [1582 Decurions] & Senatours. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 45 Why was John of London alotted..to pay him 40 pounds? 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iii. sig. F4 I am allotted To that desertlesse office, to present you With the yet bleeding head. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. viii. 204 We will allott only two of these six to attain to the state of Men and Women. 1745 Westm. Jrnl. 21 Sept. 1/2 Even of those [troops] who were allotted for home Service, a Part only were thought sufficient for that Purpose, and the Rest sent abroad. 1809 Cobbett's Compl. Coll. State Trials I. 1437 Blunt..says, he knew..that they had allotted him to place,..but to what office, he knew not. 1853 Times 2 June 7/2 The men will be told off for their several functions as ‘pole men’, ‘peg men’, and ‘unpackers of tents’, two men being allotted for each of these duties. 1964 Kenya Gaz. 14 Aug. 1712 It is up to the Whips, both from the Opposition and the Government, to make sure that on each Head so many people are allotted to speak. 2005 I. McEwan Saturday ii. 74 How restful it must once have been, in another age, to be prosperous and believe that an all-knowing supernatural force had allotted people to their stations in life. 6. transitive. North American regional (chiefly New England). colloquial. With clause as object or with infinitive. To reckon; to intend. Also intransitive: to rely or count on or upon. Cf. lot v. 5. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (intransitive)] > rely on wrethea1225 treousec1275 resta1382 to stand upon ——a1393 hang1393 lengc1440 arrest1523 reckon1547 ground1551 stay1560 depend1563 repose1567 rely1574 count1642 to make stay upon1682 allot1816 tie1867 1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. 31 I allot upon going to such a place. 1839 J. Brace Princ. Eng. Gram. 114 I allot much on returning home soon. 1839 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker xxi. 74 And I allot we must economise or we will be ruined. 1931–3 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 46/1 I'm lottin to go..I'm allotin'. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1473
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