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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Forming, belonging to, or of the nature of a federation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of federation; uniting in a league; federal: as. a federative government; the federative principle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal.

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