sectionalize

== English == === Etymology === From sectional +‎ -ize. === Verb === sectionalize (third-person singular simple present sectionalizes, present participle sectionalizing, simple past and past participle sectionalized) (transitive) To divide into sections. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== sectionalization