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 ]

a. [ L. consideratus, p. p. ] 1. Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of dauntless courage and considerate pride. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Æneas is patient, considerate, and careful of his people. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wisest and most considerate men in the world. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having respect to; regardful. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They may be . . . more considerate of praise. Dr. H. More.

Syn. -- Thoughtful; reflective; careful; discreet; prudent; deliberate; serious. See Thoughtful.

-- Con*sid"er*ate*ly, adv. -- Con*sid"er*ate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. kind and considerate regard for others; consideration.
Syn. -- consideration, thoughtfulness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. consideratio: cf. F. considération. ] 1. The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us think with consideration. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consideration, like an angel, came. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The undersigned has the honor to repeat to Mr. Hulseman the assurance of his high consideration. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

The consideration with which he was treated. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consideration for the poor is a doctrine of the church. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lucan is the only author of consideration among the Latin poets who was not explained for . . . the Dauphin. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as, considerations on the choice of a profession. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was obliged, antecedent to all other considerations, to search an asylum. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some considerations which are necessary to the forming of a correct judgment. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Consideration is what is done, or promised to be done, in exchange for a promise, and “as a mere advantage to the promisor without detriment to the promisee would not avail, the proper test is detriment to the promisee.” Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Considerate; careful; thoughtful. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I love to be considerative. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who considers. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. See Desideratum. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Desiderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiderating. ] [ L. desideratus, p. p. of desiderare to desire, miss. See Desire, and cf. Desideratum. ] To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. A. W. Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. desideratio. ] Act of desiderating; also, the thing desired. [ R. ] Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. desiderativus. ] Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An object of desire. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by the primitive verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Desiderata [ L., fr. desideratus, p. p. See Desiderate. ] Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.

v. i. [ Equi- + L. ponderare to weigh. See Ponderate. ] To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make equal in weight; to counterbalance. “More than equiponderated the declension in that direction.” De Quincey. [ 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 ]

a. [ L. immoderatus; pref. im- not + moderatus moderate. See Moderate. ] Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

So every scope by the immoderate use
Turns to restraint. Shak.

Syn. -- Excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; extravagant; intemperate; inordinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an immoderate manner; excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. immoderatio: cf. F. imodération. ] Lack of moderation. Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inconsideratus. See In- not, and Considerate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a very unhappy token of our corruption, that there should be any so inconsiderate among us as to sacrifice morality to politics. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inconsiderable. [ Obs. ] E. Terry.

Syn. -- Thoughtless; inattentive; inadvertent; heedless; negligent; improvident; careless; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; injudicious; rash; hasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inconsiderate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inconsiderate. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inconsideratio: cf. F. inconsidération. ] Lack of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blindness of mind, inconsideration, precipitation. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the effects of inconsideration. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To preside as a moderator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dr. Barlow [ was ] engaged . . . to moderate for him in the divinity disputation. Bp. Barlow's Remains (1693). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. moderatus, p. p. of moderate, moderati, to moderate, regulate, control, fr. modus measure. See Mode. ] Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as: (a) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table. (b) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors. (c) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist; a moderate Republican. [ 1913 Webster ]

A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter. “Moderate showers.” Walter. (e) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed. (f) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities. (g) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moderated p. pr. & vb. n. Moderating. ] 1. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially, made less severe. Contrasted with harsh.
Syn. -- qualified, tempered. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adv. In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each nymph but moderately fair. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of intensifying. [ Narrower terms: tempering; weakening ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. moderatio: cf. F. modération. ] 1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or quality of being mmoderate. [ 1913 Webster ]

In moderation placing all my glory,
While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. & adv. [ It. See Moderate. ] (Mus.) With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately. [ 1913 Webster ]

Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro. --
Andante moderato, a little faster than andante. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. modérateur. ] 1. One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angling was . . . a moderator of passions. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The officer who presides over an assembly or discussion to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a moderator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female moderator. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] A female moderator. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have weight or influence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]