confederate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

confederate

SYLLABICATION:	con·fed·er·ate
PRONUNCIATION:	kn-fdr-t
NOUN:	1. A member of a confederacy; an ally. 2. One who assists in a plot; an accomplice. See synonyms at partner. 3. Confederate A supporter of the Confederate States of America.
ADJECTIVE:	1. United in a confederacy; allied. 2. Confederate Of or having to do with the Confederate States of America.
TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: con·fed·er·at·ed, con·fed·er·at·ing, con·fed·er·ates (--rt) To form into or become part of a confederacy.
ETYMOLOGY:	From Middle English confederat, allied, from Late Latin cnfoedertus, past participle of cnfoederre, to unite : Latin com-, com- + Latin foederre, to unite (from foedus, foeder-, league; see bheidh- in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:	con·feder·ative —ADJECTIVE


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