Both Uses of
allot
in
Middlemarch
- It was desirable that chaplaincies of this kind should be entered on with a fervent intention: they were peculiar opportunities for spiritual influence; and while it was good that a salary should be allotted, there was the more need for scrupulous watching lest the office should be perverted into a mere question of salary.†
Chpt 2 *
- She needed time to get used to her maimed consciousness, her poor lopped life, before she could walk steadily to the place allotted her.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
to give out -- especially a share of something