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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. unite on a federal basis or band together as a league;
- Example: "The country was federated after the civil war"
[syn: federate, federalize, federalise]

2. put under the control and authority of a federal government;
[syn: federalize, federalise]

3. enter into a league for a common purpose;
- Example: "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union"
[syn: federate, federalize, federalise]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

federalize \fed"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Federalized;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Federalizing.] [Cf. F. f['e]d['e]raliser.]
   To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for
   political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal
   Constitution. --Barlow.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

federalize
    v 1: unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The
         country was federated after the civil war" [syn:
         federate, federalize, federalise]
    2: put under the control and authority of a federal government
       [syn: federalize, federalise]
    3: enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics
       federated to become the Soviet Union" [syn: federate,
       federalize, federalise]