Verb

• S: (v) federalize, federalise (put under the control and authority of a federal government)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise (make less central) "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized"
• S: (v) federalize, federalise (put under the control and authority of a federal government)
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) federate, federalize, federalise (enter into a league for a common purpose) "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union"
• S: (v) federate, federalize, federalise (unite on a federal basis or band together as a league) "The country was federated after the civil war"