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sectarianize

sectarianize verb: to render sectarian; to put into a sect.

Verb

sectarianize (third-person singular simple present sectarianizes, present participle sectarianizing, simple past and past participle sectarianized)

  1. (transitive) To render sectarian; to put into a sect.

Forms of sectarianize

third-person singular presentsectarianizes
present participlesectarianizing
past participlesectarianized
pastsectarianized

Origin of sectarianize

From sectarian + -ize.

Questions about sectarianize

What does sectarianize mean?
Sectarianize means to render sectarian; to put into a sect.
What part of speech is sectarianize?
Sectarianize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sectarianize?
The past tense of sectarianize is sectarianized.

Words near sectarianize in the dictionary

  1. sectarianising
  2. sectarianism
  3. sectarianisms
  4. sectarianist
  5. sectarianists
  6. sectarianize
  7. sectarianized
  8. sectarianizes
  9. sectarianizing
  10. sectarianly
  11. sectarians

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