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factionate en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Synonym of factionalize.
   • 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:
   • They create situations that allow, even encourage, invidious social comparison, which tends to factionate people who might otherwise engage in fruitful social relationships. 1986, Leonard Bickman, David L. Weatherford, Evaluating early intervention programs for severely handicapped children and their families, page 320:
   • However, the Council immediately began to factionate. 1969, Urban Education, page 75:

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factionalize

factionate en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

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:

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