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ited by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.

y; 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.

e 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.

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