federativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɛd(ə)rətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈfɛd(ə)rəˌtɪv/,

/ˈfɛdəˌreɪdɪv/

Forms: 1600s– federative, 1600s– foederative, 1700s foederative.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin foederāt- , foederāre , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin foederāt-, past participial stem of foederāre federate v. + -ive suffix. Compare French fédératif (1748), Italian federativo (1756).

†1. Of, relating to, or based on the creation of a covenant, treaty, or alliance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [adjective] > relating to alliance

federal1624

federatory1654

federative1690

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. §146 This [power] contains the Power of..Leagues and Alliances..and may be called Federative.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 227 The power, to which our constitution has exclusively delegated the federative capacity of this kingdom.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1876) ix. §9. 697 The Scotch proposals of a federative rather than a legislative union were set aside.

2. Of, relating to, or having the nature of a (political) federation; characterized by federal principles, federal. Also: forming part of a federation.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [adjective] > of or relating to a confederation of states

unional1611

federative1776

federal1790

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 491 The catholic church soon assumed the form, and acquired the strength, of a great fœderative republic.

1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 78 Our first essay, in America, to establish a federative government had fallen..very short of its object.

1831 Deb. Congress 2 Feb. 51 A system of centralism, hostile to the federative principle of our Union.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. iv. 430 Argos, with the federative cities attached to her.

1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 39 This federative work developes..difficulties.

1904 F. Lynde Grafters xxiii. 293 It was late in the afternoon..that the Federative Council sent its committee..to interview the ex-general manager.

1992 Times 21 Nov. 15/4 It launched a full-scale attack on the republic of Abkhazia on August 14 to prevent this region reinstituting the federative relations enjoyed with Georgia throughout the 1920s.

†3. Inclined to form federations. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [adjective]

conjunctive1694

confederal1782

confederativec1819

reunitive1851

federal1878

consortial1881

federative1885

1885 E. C. Stedman in Cent. Mag. 29 506 The numberless corporations of the federative Saxon race.

1886 Blackwood's Mag. 139 582 They acquire..a sort of clannish and federative spirit.

Derivatives

ˈfederatively adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > systems based on specific principle > [adverb] > in federal manner

federatively1766

federally1843

1766 J. Cleland Way to Things by Words 48 When there was a number of them, federatively united in some common cause, there was commonly elected one who was called King.

1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 51 All the inferior powers..had contracted..federatively and individually, an alliance with the Emperor Napoleon.

1944 Internat. Affairs 20 259 The main body of the German people..thought federatively; the history of a thousand years could not be swept away at a blow.

2005 Jrnl. Anthropol. Res. 61 369 Federatively organized, egalitarian, and democratic communes were a practical solution for the harsh conditions of the Jewish nation's rebuilding effort.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	federative
释义	federativeadj. Brit. /ˈfɛd(ə)rətɪv/, U.S. /ˈfɛd(ə)rəˌtɪv/, /ˈfɛdəˌreɪdɪv/ Forms: 1600s– federative, 1600s– foederative, 1700s foederative. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin foederāt- , foederāre , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin foederāt-, past participial stem of foederāre federate v. + -ive suffix. Compare French fédératif (1748), Italian federativo (1756). †1. Of, relating to, or based on the creation of a covenant, treaty, or alliance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [adjective] > relating to alliance federal1624 federatory1654 federative1690 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. §146 This [power] contains the Power of..Leagues and Alliances..and may be called Federative. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 227 The power, to which our constitution has exclusively delegated the federative capacity of this kingdom. View more context for this quotation 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1876) ix. §9. 697 The Scotch proposals of a federative rather than a legislative union were set aside. 2. Of, relating to, or having the nature of a (political) federation; characterized by federal principles, federal. Also: forming part of a federation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [adjective] > of or relating to a confederation of states unional1611 federative1776 federal1790 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 491 The catholic church soon assumed the form, and acquired the strength, of a great fœderative republic. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 78 Our first essay, in America, to establish a federative government had fallen..very short of its object. 1831 Deb. Congress 2 Feb. 51 A system of centralism, hostile to the federative principle of our Union. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. iv. 430 Argos, with the federative cities attached to her. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 39 This federative work developes..difficulties. 1904 F. Lynde Grafters xxiii. 293 It was late in the afternoon..that the Federative Council sent its committee..to interview the ex-general manager. 1992 Times 21 Nov. 15/4 It launched a full-scale attack on the republic of Abkhazia on August 14 to prevent this region reinstituting the federative relations enjoyed with Georgia throughout the 1920s. †3. Inclined to form federations. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [adjective] conjunctive1694 confederal1782 confederativec1819 reunitive1851 federal1878 consortial1881 federative1885 1885 E. C. Stedman in Cent. Mag. 29 506 The numberless corporations of the federative Saxon race. 1886 Blackwood's Mag. 139 582 They acquire..a sort of clannish and federative spirit. Derivatives ˈfederatively adv. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > systems based on specific principle > [adverb] > in federal manner federatively1766 federally1843 1766 J. Cleland Way to Things by Words 48 When there was a number of them, federatively united in some common cause, there was commonly elected one who was called King. 1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 51 All the inferior powers..had contracted..federatively and individually, an alliance with the Emperor Napoleon. 1944 Internat. Affairs 20 259 The main body of the German people..thought federatively; the history of a thousand years could not be swept away at a blow. 2005 Jrnl. Anthropol. Res. 61 369 Federatively organized, egalitarian, and democratic communes were a practical solution for the harsh conditions of the Jewish nation's rebuilding effort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1690
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