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  • 21portion — portionable, adj. portionless, adj. /pawr sheuhn, pohr /, n. 1. a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript. 2. an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping: He took a large… …

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  • 22Out of India theory — Indo European topics Indo European languages (list) Albanian · Armenian · Baltic Celtic  …

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  • 23portion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. share, allotment, due, ration; part, serving, morsel, fragment; fate, lot, destiny; dividend; section. v. t. dower, apportion, divide, endow. See apportionment, quantity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …

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  • 24out of commission — Commission Com*mis sion, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. [1913 Webster] Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South. [1913… …

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  • 25portion — I. noun Etymology: Middle English porcioun, from Anglo French, from Latin portion , portio; akin to Latin part , pars part Date: 14th century 1. an individual s part or share of something: as a. a share received by gift or inheritance b. dowry c …

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  • 26portion — noun 1》 a part or share.     ↘an amount of food suitable for or served to one person.     ↘Law the part or share of an estate given or descending by law to an heir. 2》 archaic a person s destiny or lot. 3》 (also marriage portion) archaic a dowry …

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  • 27portion — I. n. 1. Part, piece, fragment, bit, scrap, morsel. 2. Share, allotment, division, parcel, lot, quantity, dividend, quota, contingent. 3. Fate, final state. 4. Dowry, wife s fortune. 5. Share, inheritance. II. v. a. 1 …

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  • 28portion — por•tion [[t]ˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr [/t]] n. 1) a part of a whole, either separated from or integrated with it; segment 2) an amount of food served to one person; serving; helping 3) the part of a whole allotted or belonging to a person or group; share… …

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  • 29portion — n. & v. n. 1 a part or share. 2 the amount of food allotted to one person. 3 a specified or limited quantity. 4 one s destiny or lot. 5 a dowry. v.tr. 1 divide (a thing) into portions. 2 (foll. by out) distribute. 3 give a dowry to. 4 (foll. by… …

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  • 30Out of place — Place Place (pl[=a]s), n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[.r]thu, Lith. platus. Cf. {Flawn}, {Piazza}, {Plate}, {Plaza}.] 1. Any portion of space …

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