Verb

• S: (v) federalize, federalise (put under the control and authority of a federal government)
• 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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) unite, unify (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)
• S: (v) league (unite to form a league)
• S: (v) federate, federalize, federalise (unite on a federal basis or band together as a league) "The country was federated after the civil war"
• S: (v) confederate (form a confederation with; of nations)
• S: (v) ally with (unite formally; of interest groups or countries)
• S: (v) consociate, associate (bring or come into association or action) "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
• S: (v) band together, confederate (form a group or unite) "The groups banded together"
• S: (v) reunify, reunite (unify again, as of a country) "Will Korea reunify?"
• S: (v) marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse (take in marriage)
• S: (v) pair, pair off, partner off, couple (form a pair or pairs) "The two old friends paired off"
• S: (v) club (unite with a common purpose) "The two men clubbed together"
• derivationally related form
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