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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

foederatus

, p. p. of

foederare

to establish by treaty or league, fr.

foedus

. See

United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate;

as,

federate

nations

Syn. – federated.

Adj.

[L. faederatus.] Leagued; united by compact, as sovereignties, states or nations; joined in confederacy; as federate nations or powers.