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refederate

refederate verb: to federate again.

Verb

refederate (third-person singular simple present refederates, present participle refederating, simple past and past participle refederated)

  1. To federate again.
    • Finally, the chapter explores how the new Russian state has attempted to refederate its own multiethnic society following the defederation of the Soviet Union in 1991.2014, Graham Smith, Federalism: The Multiethnic Challenge, page 157

Forms of refederate

third-person singular presentrefederates
present participlerefederating
past participlerefederated
pastrefederated

Origin of refederate

From re- + federate.

Questions about refederate

What does refederate mean?
Refederate means to federate again.
What part of speech is refederate?
Refederate is a verb.
What is the past tense of refederate?
The past tense of refederate is refederated.

Words near refederate in the dictionary

  1. refederalization
  2. refederalize
  3. refederalized
  4. refederalizes
  5. refederalizing
  6. refederate
  7. refederated
  8. refederates
  9. refederating
  10. refederation
  11. refederations

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