Re-apportion


[ree-uh-pawr-shuh n, -pohr-] /ˌri əˈpɔr ʃən, -ˈpoʊr-/

verb (used with object)
1.
to or distribute anew.
v.

also reapportion, 1832, from re- + apportion. Related: Reapportioned; reapportioning.

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