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▪ I. conˈfederating, vbl. n. [f. confederate v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb confederate.
a1732Atterbury (J.), It is a confederating with him to whom the sacrifice is offered. ▪ II. conˈfederating, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That confederates: see the verb.
1697Vanbrugh Prov. Wife iii. i, Get you gone..you confederating strumpet you. 1762Sterne Tr. Shandy (1802) VI. xxxiii. 360 Betwixt the Queen and the rest of the confederating powers. |