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defederate

defederate verb: to cease to be united in a federation.

Verb

defederate (third-person singular simple present defederates, present participle defederating, simple past and past participle defederated)

  1. To cease to be united in a federation.
  2. (Internet) To block a Fediverse server from communicating with another server.

Forms of defederate

third-person singular presentdefederates
present participledefederating
past participledefederated
pastdefederated

Origin of defederate

From de- + federate.

Questions about defederate

What does defederate mean?
Defederate means to cease to be united in a federation.
What part of speech is defederate?
Defederate is a verb.
What is the past tense of defederate?
The past tense of defederate is defederated.

Words near defederate in the dictionary

  1. defederalization
  2. defederalize
  3. defederalized
  4. defederalizes
  5. defederalizing
  6. defederate
  7. defederated
  8. defederates
  9. defederating
  10. defederation
  11. defeding

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