federal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós
Proto-Italic *feiðos
Latin foedusder.
French fédéralder.
English federal
From French fédéral, from Latin stem foeder- of foedus (“covenant, league, treaty, alliance”).
Inflected forms:
form: fœderal
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: fœderall
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: federals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fœderal
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: fœderall
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Yet the Romans, taking them [the Carthaginians] at an Advantage, vvhen they vvere in Streights; compell'd them, contrary to all Fœderal Right and Juſtice, by Nevv Articles, both to part with Sardinia, their Lavvful Territory, and alſo to pay them for the future, a Double Tribute.
gloss: Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government as resulting from the compact to which the states are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; [...]
From April 1995 to May 1996, the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight jointly conducted an investigation into the actions of the Federal agencies involved in law enforcement activities near Waco, TX in late 1992 and early 1993 toward a group known as the Branch Davidians.
Accordingly, to protect the Federal workforce and individuals interacting with the Federal workforce, and to ensure the continuity of Government services and activities, on-duty or on-site Federal employees, on-site Federal contractors, and other individuals in Federal buildings and on Federal lands should all wear masks, maintain physical distance, and adhere to other public health measures, as provided in CDC guidelines.
gloss: Relating to covenantalism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: federal theology
gloss: A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.
pos: noun
gloss: A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A Union soldier in the American Civil War.
pos: noun
tags: US
historical
gloss: A supporter of federation.
pos: noun
Synonyms: fed
Derived words: anti-federal
Federal Capital Territory
federal case
Federal City
federal city
federal council
federal district
federalese
federal government
federalisation
federalise
federalism
federalist
federalization
federalize
federal law
federally
federal municipality
federalness
federal question
federal question jurisdiction
Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Somalia
federal state
federal subject
federal territory
Federal Way
federalwide
federal yellow
FedEx
Fedzilla
make a federal case out of something
nonfederal
postfederal
prefederal
quasifederal
unfederal
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