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confœderate

confœderate is the obsolete spelling of confederate.

Meaning of confederate

Adjective

confederate (comparative more confederate, superlative most confederate)

  1. Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
  2. Banded together; allied.
    • All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (archaic, obsolete) Confederated.
    • 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.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

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Forms of confœderate

Noun
pluralconfœderates
Verb
third-person singular presentconfœderates
present participleconfœderating
past participleconfœderated
pastconfœderated

Questions about confœderate

What is confœderate the obsolete spelling of?
Confœderate is the obsolete spelling of confederate.

Words near confœderate in the dictionary

  1. confuzzlement
  2. confuzzles
  3. confuzzling
  4. confœderacies
  5. confœderacy
  6. confœderate
  7. confœderated
  8. confœderates
  9. confœderating
  10. confœderation
  11. confœderations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: confœderate (page history and authors); confederate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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