Definitions
form a confederation with; of nations
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.”
“Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng, Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas”
“Remember as thou read'ſt, thy promiſe paſt : I do repent me, reade not my name there, My heart is not confederate with my hand.”
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