federate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: fed=er=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

federate, a. [L. foederatus, p. p. of foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus. See Federal.].

 United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

federate, v. & adj.
--v.tr. & intr. organize or be organized on a federal basis.
--adj. having a federal organization.

Derivative

federative adj.

Etymology

LL foederare foederat- (as FEDERAL)

THESAURUS

federate

act in concert, act together, affiliate, ally, amalgamate, associate, band, band together, be in cahoots, be in league, bunch, bunch up, cabal, cement a union, centralize, club, club together, coact, coalesce, collaborate, collude, combine, come together, concert, concord, concur, confederate, consociate, consolidate, conspire, cooperate, couple, do business with, federalize, fuse, gang, gang up, get heads together, get together, go in partners, go in partnership, go partners, hang together, harmonize, hold together, hook up, hook up with, join, join forces, join fortunes with, join in, join together, join up with, join with, keep together, league, league together, make common cause, marry, merge, organize, pair, pair off, partner, play ball, pull together, put heads together, reciprocate, stand together, stand up with, team up, team up with, team with, throw in together, throw in with, tie in, tie in with, tie up, tie up with, unionize, unite, unite efforts, unite with, wed, work together