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confederate.

Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy

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Meaning & usage

adj/kənˈfɛdəɹət/

  1. Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy

  2. Banded together; allied.

  3. Confederated.

    archaic · obsolete
Where this word comes from

First attested in 1387, in Middle english; inherited from Middle English confederat(e) (“confederated, allied, associated in a plot; united or bound, as in friendship or troth”), borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus perfect passive participle of cōnfoederō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. By surface analysis, con- + federate.

noun/kənˈfɛdəɹət/

  1. A member of a confederacy.

  2. An accomplice in a plot.

  3. An accomplice in a plot. An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.

Where this word comes from

First attested in 1387, in Middle english; inherited from Middle English confederat(e) (“confederated, allied, associated in a plot; united or bound, as in friendship or troth”), borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus perfect passive participle of cōnfoederō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. By surface analysis, con- + federate.

verb/kənˈfɛdəɹeɪt/

  1. To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

First attested in 1531; borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of (obsolete) confeder.

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