federate

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/ˈfɛdəɹət//ˈfɛdəɹeɪt/

adjective

Federated, united in an alliance or federation.

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Meanings

adjectivefederate (not comparable)

alternative obsolete fœderate

  1. not comparableFederated, united in an alliance or federation.
nounfederate (plural federates)

plural federates · alternative obsolete fœderate

  1. A member of a federation.
    1 more example

    But I do not admit that there is an opportunity for such a choice (whatever Baldus and Romanus may do) against one of two federates to the advantage of the other. 'If he cannot aid one without injury to the other, it is better not to help the one than to do harm to the other', as the words of Ambrose run; and that is the sense of the law and the rule which rates the avoidance of harm above the consideration of gain. What if, in order to benefit one federate, it is necessary to wrong the other doubly ? If two brothers who are lords of a feudal subject wage war upon each other, the vassal is bound to aid neither of them, since they mutually oppose each other, says Baldus. And allies mutually interfere with one another, as happens in other cases, which Romanus notes.

    1964, Alberico Gentili, De iure belli libri tres, volume 2
  2. AnglicisedAnglicised form of Latin foederatus.
  3. computer simulationa system participating in a collective simulation, particularly within the context of the HLA (High Level Architecture) standard.

    A Federate (Application) can be defined as an application that implements or conforms to the HLA standard.

    2016, Okan Topçu, Umut Durak, Halit Oğuztüzün, Distributed Simulation: A Model Driven Engineering Approach
verbfederate (third-person singular simple present federates, present participle federating, simple past and past participle federated)

present singular third person federates · participle present federating · participle past federated · past federated · alternative obsolete fœderate

  1. To unite in a federation.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveunited under a central government

verbenter into a league for a common purpose

verbunite on a federal basis or band together as a league

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Ultimately from Latin, compare foedus.

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Translations

French fédéré, fédérée
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German föderieren
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Irish cónaidhmigh, cónasc
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Spanish federar
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Turkish birleştirmek
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