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confederating

confederating is the present participle and gerund 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 confederating

alternative formconfœderating

Questions about confederating

What is confederating the present participle and gerund of?
Confederating is the present participle and gerund of confederate.

Words near confederating in the dictionary

  1. confederater
  2. confederaters
  3. confederates
  4. confederateship
  5. confederateships
  6. confederating
  7. confederation
  8. Confederation of the Rhine
  9. confederational
  10. confederationism
  11. confederationist

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