federate
verb (used with or without object)
to unite in a federation.
federating
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present participleof federate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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EU institutions, Kirchick argues, are struggling toward a complex and noble goal: federating 28 countries.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2017
He links the increase to schools federating and becoming academies and to intense pressure over poor results.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2010
Ghana feels free to consider federating with Guinea, a former colony of France.
From Time Magazine Archive
In "federating" the labor laws of Mexico, President Fortes Gil aims first to set up a system of federal "labor courts" and "labor judges" with a "Supreme Labor Court" at Mexico City.
From Time Magazine Archive
The federating of England and her colonies would bind them together in much the same way that our United States are bound together.
From The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, November 4, 1897, No. 52 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Julia Truitt Bishop
