sectionalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb divide into sections, especially into geographic sections
    sectionalise.
    • sectionalize a country

WordNet

Sec"tion*al*ize transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests. U. S.
    The principal results of the struggle were to sectionalize parties. Nicilay & Hay (Life of Lincoln).

Webster 1913