confeder

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verb

To confederate.

OriginMiddle English confederen ← Old French confederer ← Late Latin confoederō →
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Meanings

verbconfeder (third-person singular simple present confeders, present participle confedering, simple past and past participle confedered)

present singular third person confeders · participle present confedering · participle past confedered · past confedered

  1. obsoleteTo confederate.

    hauing confedered together

    1579, Thomas North, Plutarch's Lives

Origin

  1. Late Latinconfoederō
  2. Old Frenchconfederer
  3. Middle Englishconfederen“to confederate; to organize a conspiracy”
  4. Englishconfeder

Inherited from Middle English confederen (“to confederate; to organize a conspiracy”), borrowed from Old French confederer or directly from Late Latin confoederō. Doublet of confederate.

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APA

confeder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confeder

MLA

“confeder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confeder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confeder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confeder.

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