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Webster 1913 Edition
Federative
Fed′er-a-tive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
fédératif
.] Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal.
“A federative society.” Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Federative
FED'ERATIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
federative
federative
See also: fédérative
English
Alternative forms
- fœderative (obsolete)
Adjective
federative (not comparable)
- Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal.
Derived terms
Translations
federal — see federal
References
- federative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913