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affiliate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Affiliate \Af*fil"i*ate\, v. i. To connect or associate one's self -- followed by with as they affiliate with no party. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Affiliate \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: affiliate v 1: join in an affiliation; "They affiliated themselves with the organization" 2: keep company with hang out with "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: {consort}, {associate}, {assort}] 3: join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"
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