federate
verb (used with or without object)
to unite in a federation.
federates
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present tense formof federate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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He also required that the federates, who were defended by the Girondists, should be sent without delay to Soissons.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
These are due to the invention of M. Thiers, and were to have been accompanied by federates from each Department.
From The Second Funeral of Napoleon by William Makepeace Thackeray
Have the federates, the national guard, and all true Frenchmen, refused to shed their blood in defence of the glory, the honour, and the independence of their country?
From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron Fleury de Chaboulon
The federates came into Paris full of the most revolutionary projects.
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
At last the King concluded to take up in the Council the decree relative to the camp of twenty thousand federates.
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
