Confederate

//kənˈfɛdəɹət// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
  2. 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. 3
    Banded together; allied.

    "All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace."

  4. 4
    Of or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada. historical, not-comparable
  5. 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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  1. 6
    Of or relating to Confederate Ireland or the Irish Confederate Wars. historical, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War wordnet
  2. 2
    united in a confederacy or league wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a confederacy.
  2. 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. 3
    a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) wordnet
  4. 4
    An accomplice in a plot.

    "By'th'vvay, vve met my vvife, her ſiſter, and a rabble more Of vilde confederates : […]"

  5. 5
    A supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada. historical
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  1. 6
    someone who assists in a plot wordnet
  2. 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”?"

  3. 8
    A supporter of Irish Catholic self-rule during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. historical
  4. 9
    a supporter of the Confederate States of America wordnet
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    form a confederation with; of nations wordnet
  3. 3
    form a group or unite wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

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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