D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Federate

/fĕd'-ẽr-ātˌ/ · Fed·er·ate · IPA /ˈfɛdəɹət/
01 a. United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.
  1. 1.
    United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.
Syn. federated.