refederate

English

Etymology

re- +‎ federate

Verb

refederate (third-person singular simple present refederates, present participle refederating, simple past and past participle refederated)

1. To federate again.
   • 2014, Graham Smith, Federalism: The Multiethnic Challenge, page 157:

     Finally, the chapter explores how the new Russian state has attempted to refederate its own multiethnic society following the defederation of the Soviet Union in 1991.