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Legate vs Apportion - What's the difference?

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Legate is a related term of apportion.


As a noun legate

is morass, bog, puddle, pool.

As a verb apportion is

to divide and distribute portions of a whole.

legate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A deputy representing the Pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
  • An ambassador or messenger.
  • * 1965 , (John Fowles), :
    • The dark figure on the raised white terrace; legate of the sun facing the sun; the most ancient royal power.
  • The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    apportion

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
    • The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.
  • Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
    • The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.

    Derived terms

    * unapportioned * apportionment

    Synonyms

    * (divide and distribute ): allocate, allot, dispense, parcel out, share out

    Antonyms

    * (divide and distribute ): amass, concentrate, consolidate, gather, reassemble