ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED1.] Leagued, allied; joined in confederacy; forming a confederation; see the verb.
1605. Verstegan, Dec. Intell., v. (1628), 115. Their bordering enimies the confederated Scotishmen and Pictes.
1736. Disc. Witchcr., 6. A Familiar, that is, a confederated Person privy to the Plot.
a. 1850. Calhoun, Wks. (1874), III. 365. Belonging to the states of the Union in their confederated, and not in their individual character.
