Apportion ( page 54 ).
Questions.
1. What is the special significance of apportion by which it is distinguished from allot, assign, distribute, or divide? 2. What is the significance of dispense in the transitive use? 3. What is it to appropriate?
Examples.
Representatives are —— among the several states according to the population.
The treasure was —— and their shares duly —— among the captors.