a. [f. L. confœderāt-, ppl. stem (see CONFEDERATE) + -IVE: cf. mod.F. confédératif, -ive (Rousseau, St. Simon, etc.).] Of or relating to confederates or confederating.
c. 1819. Bentham, Wks., II. 447. The two confederative powers, to-wit, the monarch and the House of Lords.
1831. Fraser’s Mag., IV. 319. The report … is a confederative misrepresentation. It is the wilful act of the fraternity.
