Definition of Federative

1. a. Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal.

Definition of Federative

1. Adjective. Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Federative

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Federative

federalizes
federalizing
federally
federals
federaries
federary
federast
federasts
federate
federated
federates
federating
federation
federation of tribes
federations
federative (current term)
federatively
federator
federators
federita
fedex
fedexed
fedexes
fedexing
fedifragous
fedity
fedora
fedoras
fedorite
fedorovskite

Literary usage of Federative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General History of Civilization in Europe: From the Fall of the Roman Empire by Guizot (François) (1840)
"This federative system, theoretically the most simple, is found in practice ... The federative system, then, is one which evidently requires the greatest ..."

2. The Federation of the World by Benjamin Franklin Trueblood (1899)
"VII War Anti-federative HE other leading ground on which the crusade against war is carried on is that it is anti-federative. ..."

3. Advocate of Peace by American Peace Society (1857)
"... (all popular conventions are attended with more or less of that,) utterly inadequate as a federative bond. The Swiss confederacy greatly lacks political ..."

4. Europe and America, in 1821: With an Examination of the Plan Laid Before the by Pradt (Dominique Georges Frédéric) (1822)
"federative SYSTEM OF FRANCE. WE are led to speak of the federative system of ... What is a federative system ? It is a permanent system, founded on the ..."

5. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Edward Hertslet (1875)
"federative Constitution of Germany. 8th June, 1815. ... federative Diet. 5. Presidency of Austria at Diet. 6. Composition of the General Assembly. 7. ..."

6. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1851)
"Suggestions respecting the proposed federative Paper. BY THE RIGHT HON. N. VANSITTART. It appears to me that the proposed federative Paper can obtain the ..."

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