SECTIONALIZE

sectionalize, sectionalise

(verb) divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; “sectionalize a country”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

sectionalize (third-person singular simple present sectionalizes, present participle sectionalizing, simple past and past participle sectionalized)

(transitive) To divide into sections.

Source: Wiktionary


Sec"tion*al*ize, v. t.

Definition: 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).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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