federalise

1. 1.

   put under the control and authority of a federal government

   Synonymsfederalize

   Broaderdecentralize
2. 2.

   enter into a league for a common purpose

   “The republics federated to become the Soviet Union”

   Synonymsfederatefederalize

   Broaderunify
3. 3.

   unite on a federal basis or band together as a league

   “The country was federated after the civil war”

   Synonymsfederatefederalize

   Broaderunite

Other forms of federalise

past tense

federalised·

present participle

federalising·

third person

federalises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about federalise

What does federalise mean?

federalise means "put under the control and authority of a federal government". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in federalise?

federalise has 4 syllables: fe-de-ra-lise. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for federalise?

Close synonyms include federalize, federate, federalize, federate, federalize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is federalise a common word?

federalise is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.