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▪ I. federate, a. and n.|ˈfɛdərət|
[ad. L. fœderāt-us, pa. pple. of fœderāre: see next.]
A. adj. Federated, confederate, allied, in league.
1710Shaftesbury Adv. to Author ii. §2. 83 Those compos'd of federate Tribes, or mix't Colonys. 1766Warburton Alliance betw. Church & State ii. iii. (ed. 4) 194 In a federate Alliance, the two Societies still subsist intire. 1808G. Edwards Pract. Plan i. 3 The possibility of the maritime superiority of France, and her federate powers. 1855Singleton Virgil II. 427 [Me,] who have followed Trojans' fed'rate arms. 1885Pall Mall G. 28 Oct. 2/1 There may..be the greatest inequality between the federate States.
B. n.
1. One of the parties to a covenant.
1671J. Flavel Fount. Life iii. 6 Redemption..differs from the Covenant of Grace..in regard of the Federates.
2. French Hist. Used as a translation of Fr. fédéré.
a. A member of one of the armed associations formed during the first French Revolution, or during the Hundred Days in 1815, or a member of the Commune in 1871.
b. A deputy to the Fête of the Federation, July 14, 1790.
1792Hist. in Ann. Reg. 49 They invited armed federates, as they were called, in July 1791, to Paris. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. i. xi, From all points of the compass, Federates are arriving. 1871Echo 12 Apr. 3 It seems to me that the Government of Versailles has all along taken a wrong estimate of the federates of the Commune.
▪ II. federate, v.|ˈfɛdəreɪt|
[f. L. fœderāt- ppl. stem of fœderāre, f. fœder-, fœdus: see federal.]
a. intr. To enter into a league for a common object.
b. trans. To band together as a league; to organize on a federal basis.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. i. viii, Thus, at Lyons..we behold as many as fifty, or..sixty thousand, met to federate. 1884Pall Mall G. 22 Nov. 1/2 We shall be compelled to grant Home Rule, and Home Rule will drive us irresistibly to federate the empire. 1884J. Douglas in 19th Cent. Dec. 854 A strong recommendation to federate, which came from a Royal Commission..at Melbourne. 1885Lowe Bismarck II. 162 Did the Chancellor himself, too, dream of federating the Continent against England?
Hence ˈfederated ppl. a.; ˈfederating ppl. a.
1814Wellington in Gurw. Desp. XII. 43 To hold them as dependent or federated states rather than as colonies. 1883W. Westgarth in Pall Mall G. 22 Oct. 2/1 Although annexation is refused to Queensland, to a federated Australasia it would be allowed. 1885Ibid. 10 Jan. 1/2 The mutual consent of the federating communities. |