Federalize

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  • transitive verb. To unite in a federal union.
  • transitive verb. To subject to the authority of a federal government; put under federal control.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make federal; impart a federal or confederate character to.
  • To unite by compact; league, as different states; confederate for political purposes.
  • Also federalise.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To unite into a federation
  • verb. To bring something under federal control
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. unite on a federal basis or band together as a league
  • verb. enter into a league for a common purpose
  • verb. put under the control and authority of a federal government
    • Word Usage
    "He countered that Democrats want to "federalize" the screeners because it could add up to 28,000 more union workers to the federal payroll."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    decentralise  decentralize  deconcentrate  merge  unify  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affiliate  ally  associate  band together  be in cahoots  
    verb-form
    federalized  federalizes  federalizing  
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