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factionate

factionate verb: synonym of factionalize.

Verb

factionate (third-person singular simple present factionates, present participle factionating, simple past and past participle factionated)

  1. Synonym of factionalize.
    • However, the Council immediately began to factionate.1969, Urban Education, page 75
    • I said I would feel more comfortable with a smaller ICBM on the U.S. side if I could be assured that the Soviet Union would not factionate beyond 10 reentry vehicles.1979, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Research and Development, Impact of SALT on U.S. Military Research and Development
    Synonyms:
    factionalize

Adjective

factionate (comparative more factionate, superlative most factionate)

  1. Showing great loyalty to one's faction; tribal.
    • They have gained this reputation by being intensely rivalrous and obsessively factionate, however, so the impression that the "placing" litany of questions is primarily incorporative in its intent is, I think, largely erroneous.1993, David Michael Brawn, Immanent domains: ways of living in Bone, Indonesia, page 49

Synonyms of factionate

Forms of factionate

Verb
third-person singular presentfactionates
present participlefactionating
past participlefactionated
pastfactionated
Adjective
comparativemore factionate
superlativemost factionate

Origin of factionate

From faction + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

From faction + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about factionate

What does factionate mean?
Factionate means synonym of factionalize.
What part of speech is factionate?
Factionate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of factionate?
The past tense of factionate is factionated.

Words near factionate in the dictionary

  1. factionalizes
  2. factionalizing
  3. factionally
  4. factionaries
  5. factionary
  6. factionate
  7. factionated
  8. factionates
  9. factionating
  10. factioneer
  11. factioneers

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