Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Portion \Por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portioned}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Portioning}.]
   1. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel;
      to distribute.

            And portion to his tribes the wide domain. --Pope.

   2. To endow with a portion or inheritance.

            Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.
                                                  --Pope.