n. One who accedes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States. Pickering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. azédarac, Sp. acederaque, Pers. āzāddirakht noble tree. ] 1. (Bot.) a handsome tree (Melia azedarach) of the mahogany family, native to Northern India and China, having long clusters of fragrant purple blossoms and small ornamental but inedible yellow fruits. It has been naturalized as a shade tree and is common in the southern United States; -- called also, chinaberry, China tree, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.
Syn. -- chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Med.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It., fr. bello, bel, beautiful + vedere to see. ] (Arch.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) (a) One who, or that which, draws blood. (b) One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

She was a great breeder. Dr. A. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Italy and Rome have been the best breeders of worthy men. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cause. “The breeder of my sorrow.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. F. confédérer. See Confederate. ] To confederate. [ Obs. ] Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Confederacies [ From Confederate, a. ] 1. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath heard of our confederacy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Virginia promoted a confederacy. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic confederacy that ever existed. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Virgil has a whole confederacy against him. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy.

Syn. -- League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Amer. Hist.) With the, the Confederate States of America. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. confoederatus, p. p. of confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact. See Federal. ] 1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the swords
In Italy, and her confederate arms,
Could not have made this peace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

He found some of his confederates in gaol. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Confederated p. pr. & vb. n. Confederating ] To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally. [ 1913 Webster ]

With these the Piercies them confederate. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. [ 1913 Webster ]

By words men . . . covenant and confederate. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A confederate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. confoederatio: cf. F. confédération. ] 1. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states. [ 1913 Webster ]

The three princes enter into some strict league and confederation among themselves. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

This was no less than a political confederation of the colonies of New England. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Articles of confederation. See under Article. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a confederation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A confederate. Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ It., of belief or trust. ] (Mercantile Law) An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who exceeds. Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. foedus league, treaty, compact; akin to fides faith: cf. F. fédéral. see Faith. ] 1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, . . . to part with Sardinia. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: (a) Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland. (b) Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer. (c) Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Federal Congress. See under Congress. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Federalist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fédéralisme. ] The principles of Federalists or of federal union. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fédéraliste. ] An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Federalized p. pr. & vb. n. Federalizing ] [ Cf. F. fédéraliser. ] To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A federally chartered corporation that purchases and resells mortgages. [ acron. ]
Syn. -- FNMA, Fannie Mae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Federal. ] A partner; a confederate; an accomplice. [ Obs. ] hak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

adj. United by compact under a central organization, as governments or commercial organizations.
Syn. -- federate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. fédération. ] 1. The act of uniting in a league; confederation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. fédératif. ] Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. “A federative society.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward. [ 1913 Webster ]

A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. “The feeder of my riots.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened. [ 1913 Webster ]

With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A branch railroad, stage line, air route, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

7. (Mining) (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. Ure. (b) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hederaceus, fr. hedera ivy. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, ivy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to ivy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy (Hedera); as, hederic acid, an acid of the acetylene series. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hedera ivy + -ferous. ] Producing ivy; ivy-bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hederosus, fr. hedera ivy. ] Pertaining to, or of, ivy; full of ivy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land in the hundred to which he belongs. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred. Blount. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ G. See Lied, and Grants. ] (Mus.) Lit., wreath of songs; -- used as the title of a group of songs, and esp. as the common name for German vocal clubs of men. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ G., lit., a song table. ] (Mus.) A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who needs anything. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. paiderasth`s; pai^s, paido`s, a boy + 'era^n to love: cf. F. pédéraste. ] One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. paiderastiko`s. ] Of or pertaining to pederasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. paiderasti`a: cf. F. pédérastie. ] Sexual activity between two males; sodomy; the “crime against nature”; -- used especially when one partner is a boy. The term “crime against nature” to refer to homosexual activity is now (2002) seldom used except by religious conservatives. It was in the 1913 Webster, and is left here for historical purposes. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. [ Sp. pedrero, fr. OSp. pedra, Sp. piedra, a stone, L. petra, fr. Gr. pe`tra. So named because it was at first charged with stones. ] (Mil.) A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance. [ Written also paterero and peterero. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who proceeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who secedes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the Established Church, about the year 1733, and formed the Secession Church, so called. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., they sat, fr. sedere to sit. ] A sitting, as of a court or other body. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is pity we have not Burns's own account of that long sederunt. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acts of sederunt (Scots Law), ordinances of the Court of Session for the ordering of processes and expediting of justice. Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, sows or plants seed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, speeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Spinning) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings. [ 1913 Webster ]