CONFEDERATED

Verb

confederated

simple past tense and past participle of confederate

Source: Wiktionary


CONFEDERATE

Con*fed"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. confoederatus, p. p. of confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact. See Federal.]

1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. Shak.

2. (Amer. Hist.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.

Con*fed"er*ate, n.

1. One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense. He found some of his confederates in gaol. Macaulay.

2. (Amer. Hist.)

Definition: A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).

Con*fed"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confederated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confederating.]

Definition: To unite in a legue or confederacy; to ally. With these the Piercies them confederate. Daniel.

Con*fed"er*ate, v. i.

Definition: To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. By words men . . . covenant and confederate. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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