5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Confederated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confederating}.]
To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
With these the Piercies them confederate. --Daniel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, v. i.
To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or
covenant; to band together.
By words men . . . covenant and confederate. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, a. [L. confoederatus, p. p. of
confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to
establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact.
See {Federal}.]
1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a
confederacy; banded together; allied.
All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms,
Could not have made this peace. --Shak.
2. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the government of the
eleven Southern States of the United States which
(1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation
styled the Confederate States of America; as, the
Confederate congress; Confederate money.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, n.
1. One who is united with others in a league; a person or a
nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an
accomplice in a bad sense.
He found some of his confederates in gaol.
--Macaulay.
2. (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause
of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union
(1860-1865).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Confederate
adj 1: of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the
Civil War; "Confederate soldiers"
2: united in a confederacy or league [syn: {allied}, {confederative}]
n 1: a supporter of the Confederate States of America
2: someone who assists in a plot [syn: {collaborator}, {henchman},
{partner in crime}]
3: a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan
(especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn: {accomplice}]
v 1: form a group or unite; "The groups banded together" [syn: {band
together}]
2: form a confederation with; of nations