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-sect - 1 dictionary results
-sect  
suff.  
  1. To cut; divide: trisect.
  2. Cut; divided: pinnatisect.


[From Latin sectus, past participle of secāre, to cut; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]

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Spanish: secta, German: die Sekte, Japanese: 分派
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