Part 2258

<h1>Confecture</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fec"ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Confiture</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Confeder</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fed"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>conf<?/d<?/rer</ets>. See <er>Confederate</er>.]</ety> <def>To confederate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. North.</i>

<h1>Confederacy</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fed"er*a*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Confederacies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[From <er>Confederate</er>, a.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.</def>

<blockquote>The friendships of the world are oft <b>Confederacies</b> in vice or leagues of pleasure. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He hath heard of our <b>confederacy</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Virginia promoted a <b>confederacy</b>. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation.</def>

<blockquote>The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic <b>confederacy</b> that ever existed. <i>Harris.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Virgil has a whole <b>confederacy</b> against him. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See <er>Conspiracy</er>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation.</syn>

<h1>Confederate</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fed"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>confoederatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>confoederare</ets> to join by a league; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>foederare</ets> to establish by treaty or league, fr. <ets>foedus</ets> league, compact. See <er>Federal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.</def>

<blockquote>All the swords In Italy, and her <b>confederate</b> arms, Could not have made this peace. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Amer. Hist.)</fld> <def>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>as, the <ex>Confederate</ex> congress; <ex>Confederate</ex> money.</as></def>

<h1>Confederate</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fed"er*ate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>He found some of his <b>confederates</b> in gaol. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Amer. Hist.)</fld> <def>A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).</def>

<h1>Confederate</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fed"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Confederated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Confederating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To unite in a legue or confederacy; to ally.</def>

<blockquote>With these the Piercies them <b>confederate</b>. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Confederate</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fed"er*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.</def>