federate

Adjective

federate (not comparable)

1. Federated, united in an alliance or federation.

Noun

federate (plural federates)

1. A member of a federation.
   • But I do not admit that there is an opportunity for such a choice (whatever Baldus and Romanus may do) against one of two federates to the advantage of the other. 'If he cannot aid one without injury to the other, it is better not to help the one than to do harm to the other', as the words of...1964, Alberico Gentili, De iure belli libri tres, volume 2
2. (computer simulation) a system participating in a collective simulation, particularly within the context of the HLA (High Level Architecture) standard.
   • A Federate (Application) can be defined as an application that implements or conforms to the HLA standard.2016, Okan Topçu, Umut Durak, Halit Oğuztüzün, Distributed Simulation: A Model Driven Engineering Approach

Verb

IPA/ˈfɛdəɹeɪt/

federate (third-person singular simple present federates, present participle federating, simple past and past participle federated)

1. To unite in a federation.