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confederate
/kənˈfɛdəɹət/
adj 6noun 6verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, burned, lost, many, old, public
VERB + CONFEDERATE
bought, burning, carrying, conspire, hates, past, seen, stand
CONFEDERATE + NOUN
army, christian, leaders, pleas, soldiers
PREP.
in, in, on, on, with, with
ADV.
also
Definitions
adj
1
Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
2
Banded together; allied.
All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.
Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng, Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas
3
Confederated.
Remember as thou read'ſt, thy promiſe paſt : I do repent me, reade not my name there, My heart is not confederate with my hand.
And it was told the house of Dauid, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim: and his heart was moued, and the heart of his people as the trees of the wood are mooued with the wind.
noun
1
A member of a confederacy.
2
An accomplice in a plot.
By'th'vvay, vve met my vvife, her ſiſter, and a rabble more Of vilde confederates : […]
He found some of his confederates in gaol.
3
An accomplice in a plot.
So how do you win the imitation game? “Just be yourself,” a past confederate advises Christian. But what does it mean to “be yourself”?
verb
1
To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.
All persons who conspire confederate and agree to murder any person whether a subject of Her Majesty or not and whether within the Queen's dominions or not, […] shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (e
noun — someone who assists in a plot
adjective — united in a confederacy or league
- allied
- confederative
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.
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Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng, Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas
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Remember as thou read'ſt, thy promiſe paſt : I do repent me, reade not my name there, My heart is not confederate with my hand.
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By'th'vvay, vve met my vvife, her ſiſter, and a rabble more Of vilde confederates : […]
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He found some of his confederates in gaol.
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So how do you win the imitation game? “Just be yourself,” a past confederate advises Christian. But what does it mean to “be yourself”?
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