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confederated, ppl. a.|kənˈfɛdəreɪtɪd| [f. prec. + -ed1.] Leagued, allied; joined in confederacy; forming a confederation; see the verb.
1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. v. (1628) 115 Their bordering enimies the confederated Scotishmen and Pictes. 1736Disc. Witchcr. 6 A Familiar, that is, a confederated Person privy to the Plot. a1850J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1874) III. 365 Belonging to the states of the Union in their confederated, and not in their individual character. |