foederare

foederare [CL] , to join, bind (person) by agreement; b (abstr.). c to ratify, establish by treaty. d (p. ppl.) federated, bound by treaty. e (as sb. m.) federate, ally. Bersabee illegitimo jugalitatis vinculo ~atur Aldh. VirgP 53; unitate ~amur inenarrabili H. Reading (I) Haeret. 1271D; tanquam desponsatione quadam indissolubiliter ~antur Gir. TH III 22; 1227 cupientes ‥ tanto principi ~ari Cl 210; ut cum pace duos federet unus amor Garl. Tri. Eccl. 58; rex Anglie Flandrenses ‥ sibi ~avit Meaux II 387.  b federari castitas / stupescit contrario P. Blois Carm. 19. 3.  c c802 memor ‥ ~atae ‥ amicitiae inter nos Alcuin Ep. 263; ~ata cum finitimis regibus amicitia W. Malm. GR II 180 (= M. Par. Maj. I 493); conquerebatur ‥ de ~atis pactionibus quas Hugo rex ‥ fecerat Diceto Chr. 155.  d civitates ‥ aut stipendiarie erant aut ~ate aut libere Alb. Lond. DG 12. 1.  e amici ac defensores nostri non solum ~ati sed etiam patres ac domini habeantur Gildas EB 92; ~atus, i. ‥ amicus GlH F 284.