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Confederate
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- 1 Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
- 2 Of or relating to the Confederate States of America. historical, not-comparable
"Yes. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s Attorney General and the unfortunate result of Dobby the house elf’s one-night stand with the Confederate flag, got in trouble this-, (enjoy!) got in trouble this week for undisclosed meetings with Russia’s ambassadors, something which, in itself, is not against the law."
- 3 Banded together; allied.
"All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace."
- 4 Of or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada. historical, not-comparable
- 5 Confederated. archaic, obsolete
"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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- 6 Of or relating to Confederate Ireland or the Irish Confederate Wars. historical, not-comparable
- 1 of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War wordnet
- 2 united in a confederacy or league wordnet
- 1 A member of a confederacy.
- 2 A citizen of the Confederate States of America. historical
"In fact, I heard everything in the world except that the Confederates lost the war. When I was ten years old, it was a violent shock to learn that General Lee had been defeated."
- 3 a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) wordnet
- 4 An accomplice in a plot.
"By'th'vvay, vve met my vvife, her ſiſter, and a rabble more Of vilde confederates : […]"
- 5 A supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada. historical
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- 6 someone who assists in a plot wordnet
- 7 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.
"So how do you win the imitation game? “Just be yourself,” a past confederate advises Christian. But what does it mean to “be yourself”?"
- 8 A supporter of Irish Catholic self-rule during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. historical
- 9 a supporter of the Confederate States of America wordnet
- 1 To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league. ambitransitive
"All persons who conspire confederate and agree to murder any person whether a subject of Her Majesty or not and whether within the Queen's dominions or not, […] shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years."
- 2 form a confederation with; of nations wordnet
- 3 form a group or unite wordnet
Etymology
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.
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.
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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