| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fed·er·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f d  -r t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: fed·er·at·ed, fed·er·at·ing, fed·er·ates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To cause to join into a league, federal union, or similar association. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To become united into a federal union. | | ADJECTIVE: | (fdr- t, fdrt) United in a federation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin foederre, foedert-, to ratify an agreement, from foedus, foeder-, league, treaty. See bheidh- in Appendix I.
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