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† sexti- occas. combining form of L. sextus sixth, used in the sense of ‘six’: sextipartite a., drawn up in six copies; sextipartition, division by six; sextiˈsection, division into six parts. Obs.
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV, 12 The sedicious congregacion..made an indenture sextipartite..in the whiche eche bounde him selfe to other..for the destruccion of Kynge Henry. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 34 Sextipartition, or to divide by 6. 1697G. K. Discov. Geom. Problems 9, I shall begin with the Sextisection, and then proceed to the Quinquisection. |