'Sectionalize' definitions:

Definition of 'sectionalize'

(from WordNet)
verb
Divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country" [syn: sectionalize, sectionalise]

Definition of 'Sectionalize'

From: 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]