Defn: The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. & R.]
APPORTIONER
Ap*por"tion*er, n.
Defn: One who apportions.
APPORTIONMENT Ap*por"tion*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum.]
Defn: The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton.
APPOSABLE
Ap*pos"a*ble, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand.
APPOSE Ap*pose", v. t. Etym: [F. apposer to set to; ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose.]
1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). The nymph herself did then appose, For food and beverage, to him all best meat. Chapman.
2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.