federalize   (TTS Sound)

The verb federalize has 3 senses

• federate, federalize, federalise -- (unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war")


• federalize, federalise -- (put under the control and authority of a federal government)


• federate, federalize, federalise -- (enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union")