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Webster 1913 Edition

Confederate

Con-fed′er-ate

,
Adj.
[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.
Shakespeare
2.
(Amer. Hist.)
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

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

Con-fed′er-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Confederated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Confederating
.]
To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
With these the Piercies them
confederate
.
Daniel.

Con-fed′er-ate

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Confederate

CONFEDERATE

,
Adj.
[L.] United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy.
These were confederate with Abram. Genesis 14.
Syria is confederate with Ephraim. Isaiah 7.

Definition 2024

Confederate

Confederate

See also: confederate

English

Adjective

Confederate ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Confederate States of America.
  2. (Newfoundland) Of or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.

Noun

Confederate ‎(plural Confederates)

  1. A supporter or resident of the Confederate States of America.
  2. (Newfoundland) A supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.

confederate

confederate

See also: Confederate

English

Alternative forms

Noun

confederate ‎(plural confederates)

  1. A member of a confederacy.
  2. An accomplice in a plot.
    • Macaulay
      He found some of his confederates in gaol.
  3. (psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher (also known as a "stooge").

Translations

Adjective

confederate ‎(comparative more confederate, superlative most confederate)

  1. of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
  2. banded together; allied.
    • Shakespeare
      All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.

Translations

Quotations

  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Youth's Antiphony, lines 11-12
    Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng,
    Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas

Verb

confederate ‎(third-person singular simple present confederates, present participle confederating, simple past and past participle confederated)

  1. To combine into a confederacy.

Italian

Adjective

confederate

  1. feminine plural of confederato

Noun

confederate f

  1. plural of confederata

Verb

confederate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of confederare
  2. second-person plural imperative of confederare
  3. feminine plural of confederato

Pronunciation

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