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  1. 1. a. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. 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, the Confederate congress; Confederate money. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865). Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. Source: opted
  7. 7. adj. of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. a supporter of the Confederate States of America Source: wordnet
  9. 9. adj. united in a confederacy or league Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. someone who assists in a plot Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. form a group or unite Source: wordnet

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