Sectionalize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To divide into sections. transitive

    "1886-90, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History On the whole, the principal results of the struggle were, to sectionalize parties more completely, ripen Southern sentiment towards secession, and combine wavering voters in the free-States in support of Republican doctrines."

  2. 2
    divide into sections, especially into geographic sections wordnet

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sectionalise

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"1886-90, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History On the whole, the principal results of the struggle were, to sectionalize parties more completely, ripen Southern sentiment towards secession, and combine wavering voters in the free-States in support of Republican doctrines."

Etymology

From sectional + -ize.

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