"factionate" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1969, Urban Education, page 75",
          "text": "However, the Council immediately began to factionate.",
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          "ref": "1979, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Research and Development, Impact of SALT on U.S. Military Research and Development",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "1986, Leonard Bickman, David L. Weatherford, Evaluating early intervention programs for severely handicapped children and their families, page 320",
          "text": "They create situations that allow, even encourage, invidious social comparison, which tends to factionate people who might otherwise engage in fruitful social relationships.",
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        "Synonym of factionalize"
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