federalize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: federalize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for federalize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
federalize v unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war" Synonym(s): federate, federalize, federalise put under the control and authority of a federal government Synonym(s): federalize, federalise enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union" Synonym(s): federate, federalize, federalise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Federalize \Fed"eralize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Federalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Federalizing}.] [Cf. F. f[82]d[82]raliser.] To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution. --Barlow.