Sectionalize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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