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-sect
suff.
To cut; divide:
trisect.
Cut; divided:
pinnatisect.
[From Latin
sectus
, past participle of
secāre
,
to cut
; see
sek-
in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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