Federate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Federate \Fed"er*ate\, 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.
  


     Syn: federated.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  federate
       adj : united under a central government [syn: {federated}]
       v 1: enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics
            federated to become the Soviet Union" [syn: {federalize},
             {federalise}]
       2: unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The
          country was federated after the civil war" [syn: {federalize},
           {federalise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "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