| confederate | (n) a supporter of the Confederate States of America |
| confederate | (n) someone who assists in a plot, Syn. henchman, collaborator, partner in crime |
| confederate | (v) form a confederation with; of nations |
| confederate | (adj) of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War |
| confederate army | (n) the southern army during the American Civil War, Syn. Army of the Confederacy |
| confederate soldier | (n) a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War |
| federate | (v) enter into a league for a common purpose, Syn. federalise, federalize |
| federate | (v) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league, Syn. federalise, federalize |
| federate | (adj) united under a central government, Syn. federated |
| accomplice | (n) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan), Syn. confederate |
| band together | (v) form a group or unite, Syn. confederate |
| confederacy | (n) the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861, Syn. Confederate States of America, Dixie, South, Confederate States, Dixieland |
| cotton rose | (n) Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States, Syn. Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis |
| micronesia | (n) a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986, Syn. TT, Federated States of Micronesia |
| soviet russia | (n) formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia, Syn. Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic |
| star jasmine | (n) evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers, Syn. confederate jasmine, Trachelospermum jasminoides |
| stars and bars | (n) the first flag of the Confederate States of America, Syn. Confederate flag |
| Confederate | 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 ] |
| Confederate | 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 ] |
| Confederate | 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 ] |
| Confederate | 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 ] |
| Confederater | n. A confederate. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 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.
Syn. -- federated. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| federated | adj. United by compact under a central organization, as governments or commercial organizations.
Syn. -- federate. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
