sectionalize

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sectionalize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sectionalize \Sec"tion*al*ize\, v. t.
     To divide according to geographical sections or local
     interests. [U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The principal results of the struggle were to
           sectionalize parties.                    --Nicolay &
                                                    Hay (Life of
                                                    Lincoln).
     [1913 Webster]

sectionalize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sectionalize
      v 1: divide into sections, especially into geographic sections;
           "sectionalize a country" [syn: sectionalize,
           sectionalise]