confederate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of a confederacy.
  2. An accomplice in a plot.
    — By'th'vvay, vve met my vvife, her ſiſter, and a rabble more Of vilde confederates : […]
  3. An accomplice in a plot.; An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
    — So how do you win the imitation game? “Just be yourself,” a past confederate advises Christian. But what does it mean to “be yourself”?
动词 v.
  1. To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league. ambitransitive
    — With them the gods were confederated to break barbarian arrogance.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
  2. Banded together; allied.
    — All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.
  3. Confederated. archaic,obsolete
    — Remember as thou read'ſt, thy promiſe paſt : I do repent me, reade not my name there, My heart is not confederate with my hand.

词形变化

more confederate comparative most confederate superlative confœderate alternative,obsolete confederates plural confœderate alternative,obsolete confederates present,singular,third-person confederating participle,present confederated participle,past confederated past confœderate alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
Confederate Confederate flag confederately Confederate States Confederate States of America nonconfederate confederateship confederatism

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1387, in Middle english; inherited from Middle English confederat(e) (“confederated, allied, associated in a plot; united or bound, as in friendship or troth”), borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus perfect passive participle of cōnfoederō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. By surface analysis, con- + federate.
词源 2
First attested in 1531; borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of (obsolete) confeder.
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