·vt To unite in a league or confederacy; to Ally.
II. Confederate ·vi To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.
III. Confederate ·adj United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.
IV. Confederate ·noun A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).
V. Confederate ·noun One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense.
VI. Confederate ·adj Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.