Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to confederate
Participle: confederated
Gerund: confederating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | confederate |
| you | confederate |
| he;she;it | confederates |
| we | confederate |
| you | confederate |
| they | confederate |
Perfect
| I | have confederated |
| you | have confederated |
| he;she;it | has confederated |
| we | have confederated |
| you | have confederated |
| they | have confederated |
Past
| I | confederated |
| you | confederated |
| he;she;it | confederated |
| we | confederated |
| you | confederated |
| they | confederated |
Pluperfect
| I | had confederated |
| you | had confederated |
| he;she;it | had confederated |
| we | had confederated |
| you | had confederated |
| they | had confederated |
Future
| I | will confederate |
| you | will confederate |
| he;she;it | will confederate |
| we | will confederate |
| you | will confederate |
| they | will confederate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have confederated |
| you | will have confederated |
| he;she;it | will have confederated |
| we | will have confederated |
| you | will have confederated |
| they | will have confederated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | confederate |
| you | confederate |
| he;she;it | confederate |
| we | confederate |
| you | confederate |
| they | confederate |
Perfect
| I | have confederated |
| you | have confederated |
| he;she;it | have confederated |
| we | have confederated |
| you | have confederated |
| they | have confederated |
Imperfect
| I | confederated |
| you | confederated |
| he;she;it | confederated |
| we | confederated |
| you | confederated |
| they | confederated |
Pluperfect
| I | had confederated |
| you | had confederated |
| he;she;it | had confederated |
| we | had confederated |
| you | had confederated |
| they | had confederated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would confederate |
| you | would confederate |
| he;she;it | would confederate |
| we | would confederate |
| you | would confederate |
| they | would confederate |
Perfect
| I | would have confederated |
| you | would have confederated |
| he;she;it | would have confederated |
| we | would have confederated |
| you | would have confederated |
| they | would have confederated |
Imperative
| you | confederate |
| we | Let's confederate |
| you | confederate |
Verbs conjugated like 'confederate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'confederate'
confœderate,
congenerate,
considerate,
cogenerate,
concamerate,
concelebrate,
concentrate,
confeder,
configurate,
conflagrate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1370, from O.Fr. confédérer, from L.L. confoederatus, pp. of confoederare "to unite by a league," from foedus (gen. foederis) "a league."
2. First attested in 1531; borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of (obsolete) confeder.
Sample Sentences
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With them the gods were confederated to break barbarian arrogance. [1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 89:]
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All persons who conspire confederate and agree to murder any person whether a subject of Her Majesty or not and whether within the Queen's dominions or not, […] shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years. [1958, Parliament of Victoria, “Part I, Division 1, section 4”, in Crimes Act 1958, page 806:]