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confederated

confederated is the simple past and past participle of confederate.

Meaning of confederate

Verb

confederate (third-person singular simple present confederates, present participle confederating, simple past and past participle confederated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.
    • With them the gods were confederated to break barbarian arrogance.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 89

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Forms of confederated

alternative formconfœderated

Words formed from confederated

Questions about confederated

What is confederated the simple past and past participle of?
Confederated is the simple past and past participle of confederate.

Words near confederated in the dictionary

  1. Confederate Arizona
  2. Confederate flag
  3. Confederate flags
  4. Confederate States
  5. Confederate States of America
  6. confederated
  7. confederately
  8. confederater
  9. confederaters
  10. confederates
  11. confederateship

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