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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
allot . - adjective
distributed orapportioned - adjective
assigned ordesignated
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Examples
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Secondly, The term allotted for his continuance under that dismission:
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Then, there is the term allotted to him in this state of his dismission: "Until the end be."
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Again, in 1888, only two years after Hancock's death, another of our most gallant companions, the matchless Sheridan, was suddenly stricken down, and soon passed away, before the expiration of half the term allotted for his command of the army.
Forty-Six Years in the Army John M. Schofield
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Nothing afterwards disturbed the repose of this happy pair, and having reached at last the term allotted to human greatness, they fell asleep in that peace which is the portion of faithful Mussulmans.
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Vespasian to the present year of our felicity, we shall have from the death of Cicero a period of about [f] one hundred and twenty years, which may be considered as the term allotted to the life of man.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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The term allotted to human life does not allow one to enter into private controversy with every correspondent, so I take this method of making a general reply.
Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886
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He is no longer young, and his life has extended almost to the term allotted to man.
Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 John Bright 1850
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I found on minute inquiry that this very considerably exceeded the term allotted to us on the upper earth.
The Coming Race Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Six days of the term allotted were now gone, and three only remained: if after that time he should be found, within the King's dominions, neither for gold nor for silver could he then escape.
Chronicle of the Cid Various 1808
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*] Divine bodies, continually recruited by the influx of this magic fluid, preserved their vigour far beyond the term allotted to the bodies of men and beasts.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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