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eaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. Shak.

A confederate.

An ally; a confederate. [Obs. & R.] Sir H. Wotton.

One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate. The English soldiers and their French allies. Macaulay.

Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with .

An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme. How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with associators. Dryden.

A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.

To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together. Certain of the Jews banded together. Acts xxiii. 12.

To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate. You with your foes combine, And seem your own destruction to design Dryden. So sweet did harp and voice combine. Sir W. Scott.

United closely; confederated; chemically united.

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. [Obs.] "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham.

An associate; a confederate. [Obs.] Every hour more competitors Flock to their aid, and still their power increaseth. Shak.

To confederate. [Obs.] Sir T. North.

The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy. Articles of confederation. See under Article.

A confederate. Grafton.

To combine together by an eath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism] Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. Milton.

To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence. [R.] Bentley.

Amaziah]. 2 Kings xiv. 19. I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban and his confederates. Shak.

Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money. The army before Boston was designated as the Continental army, in contradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called the "Ministerial army." W. Irving. Continental Congress. See under Con…