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    FEDERALISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they federalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it federalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: federalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: federalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: federalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Unite on a federal basis or band together as a leagueplay

    Example:

    The country was federated after the civil war

    Synonyms:

    federalise; federalize; federate

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "federalise" is one way to...):

    unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Enter into a league for a common purposeplay

    Example:

    The republics federated to become the Soviet Union

    Synonyms:

    federalise; federalize; federate

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "federalise" is one way to...):

    merge; unify; unite (become one)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Put under the control and authority of a federal governmentplay

    Synonyms:

    federalise; federalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "federalise" is one way to...):

    decentralise; decentralize; deconcentrate (make less central)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    federalisation (the act of being put under federal control)

    federalisation (the state of being under federal control)

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