Definition of "confederating" []

• Present participle of confederate. (verb)

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• "Several other great powers and groupings -- China, the confederating European states, Russia, India, Brazil, the Muslim world -- are growing more active and independent."
• "In the meantime, facing a broad and slightly bizarre Temporary Restraining Order -- for "all other persons allied, associated, confederating, conspiring, or acting in concert with them" -- a growing civil disobedience movement to block mountaintop removal operations by Massey Energy has emerged in the Coal River Mountain area to remind the nation of the urgency of the moment."
• "These individuals, seven of them are charged with knowingly combining, conspiring, confederating and agreeing to provide material support and resources."