fœderative

A form of federative — Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy, a federation; federal.

Meanings

adjectivefœderative (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteObsolete spelling of federative.
    1 more example

    […]or whether with reſpect to the conſquences that it produced from the extinction of a party, which, if it did not aim at overturning the French revolution, would moſt certainly, had Lyons been able to beat off the beſieging army, have ſeparated the ſouth from the north of France, and have eſtablished in it a fœderative republic.

    1795, The Monthly Review, volume XVI, page 214
Cite this entry
APA

fœderative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/f%C5%93derative

MLA

“fœderative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/f%C5%93derative. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fœderative,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/f%C5%93derative.

Source: fœderative on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.