Word Meanings - FEDERATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. "A federative society." Burke.
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- FORMALITY
The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. Fuller. 6. That which is formal; the formal part. It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while - UNITERABLE
Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne. - FEDERALIST
An advocate of confederation; specifically , a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington. - FORMICARY
The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill. - FORMULIZE
To reduce to a formula; to formulate. Emerson. - CONFEDERACY
A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy. Syn. -- League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation. (more info) 1. A league or compact between - FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - FORMICAROID
Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridæ or ant thrushes. - FORMIDABLY
In a formidable manner. - FEDERATIVE
Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. "A federative society." Burke. - UNITIVE
Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor. - FORMICATE
Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants. - UNITARIANISM
The doctrines of Unitarians. - FEDERAL
1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives. The Romans compelled them, contrary - FORME
See PATTé - FORMEDON
A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished. - FORMAT
The shape and size of a book; hence, its external form. The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work. G. H. Putnam. One might, indeed, protest that the format is a little - UNITARIANIZE
To change or turn to Unitarian views. - FORMYL
A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential residue of formic acid and aldehyde. Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3. - LEAGUE
lieue, Pr. lega, legua, It. & LL. lega, Sp. legua, Pg. legoa, legua; all fr. LL. leuca, of Celtic origin: cf. Arm. leo, lev (perh. from French), Ir.leige ; also Ir. & Gael. leac a flag, a broad, flat stone, W. llech, -- such stones having perh. - OMNIFORMITY
The condition or quality of having every form. Dr. H. More. - INFORMITY
Want of regular form; shapelessness. - FALCIFORM
Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver. - DEFORMER
One who deforms. - DIVERSIFORM
Of a different form; of varied forms. - PREFORM
To form beforehand, or for special ends. "Their natures and preformed faculties. " Shak. - VARIFORM
Having different shapes or forms. - RESINIFORM
Having the form of resin. - BIFORM
Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. Croxall. - VILLIFORM
Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform. - REFORMALIZE
To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness. - FULL-FORMED
Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh. The full-formed maids of Afric. Thomson. - SCORIFORM
In the form of scoria. - MALCONFORMATION
Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts. - REFORMATIVE
Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory. Good. - PENNIFORM
Having the form of a feather or plume. - WELL-INFORMED
Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent. - DENDRIFORM
Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.