portionedadj.
/ˈpɔːʃnd/, U.S. /ˈpɔrʃ(ə)nd/ 1. Consisting of or divided into portions; (in later use esp. of food) forming a portion, esp. of a specified size. Formerly also: †distributed, apportioned (obsolete).
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [adjective] > concerned with destiny > destined
fatalc1374
portioned1567
weirdy1804
foreshadowed1866
fateful1876
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest ii. f. 31 It is a short shrub, & of no great or iust height. It hath his leafe parted as it were fiue portioned.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 170 Rule as he will his portion'd Realms on high; No Vassal God, nor of his Train am I.
1823 S. W. Morton My Mind & its Thoughts 184 Gives him to know, in blessing, to be blest, One friend, his joys—his portioned griefs to share.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 22 We all must bear our portioned fate.
1938 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 11 Mar. 2/3 She..had tried on several occasions to induce her husband to add it to his carefully portioned meal.
1959 Times 24 Oct. 1/6 Smoked eel.., portioned, at 12s. 6d. for 1lb.
1974 Times 10 Aug. 11/1 We went into the public bar..after our splendidly cooked, generously portioned dinner.
2005 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 3 Aug. c5 The frozen, portioned meal first came to market in 1954.
2. In possession of a portion; esp. (of a woman) having a dowry. Now rare (archaic and historical in later use).
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [adjective] > of or relating to dowry > possessing a dowry
portioned1632
tochered1728
dowereda1756
well-dowered1772
1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies iii. 119 Servio begins to loath a Single life, And therefore prayes for a high-portion'd Wife.
1665 E. Waterhouse Gentlemans Monitor xxxv. 488 The Quainter sort of them [sc. women]; who..live as if they would be thought better portioned then they are.
1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 14 Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest.
1794 R. Cumberland Jew v. ii. 44 Well, be it as it may, with or without a fortune, portion'd or pennyless.
1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 26 Though she was the daughter of a rich man, and well portioned, only one swain was ever heard of who ventured to solicit her hand in marriage.
1897 M. G. Currie John St. John & Anna Grey vi. 82 This poor maid was seized with fancy that she was the portioned bride Of my brother while he sojourned on the ocean's western side.
2003 Econ. Hist. Rev. 56 348 The theory presented is that fathers rejected heiresses for their eldest sons in favour of portioned daughters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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