Definition of Affileate
Af*fil"i*ate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Affiliated (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Affiliating (&?;).] [LL. adfiliare, affiliare, to
adopt as son; ad + filius son: cf. F. affilier.]
1. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence,
to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and
in rebellion?
I. Taylor.
2. To fix the paternity of; -- said of an
illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or
on or upon) one man rather than another.
3. To connect in the way of descent; to trace
origin to.
How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of
hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?
H. Spencer.
4. To attach (to) or unite (with); to
receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans,
etc.; -- followed by to or with.
Affiliated societies, societies connected with a
central society, or with each other.
Af*fil"i*ate, v. i. To connect or
associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate
with no party.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things.
The local channel was an affiliate of a national network.
- To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
- To fix the paternity of; — said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
- To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
- To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; — followed by to or with.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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