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af⋅fil⋅i⋅ate

[v. uh-fil-ee-eyt; n. uh-fil-ee-it, -eyt]

verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to bring into close association or connection: The research center is affiliated with the university.

2.	to attach or unite on terms of fellowship; associate (usually fol. by with in U.S. usage, by to in Brit. usage): to affiliate with the church.

3.	to trace the descent, derivation, or origin of: to affiliate a language.

to adopt.

5.	Law. to fix the paternity of, as an illegitimate child: The mother affiliated her child upon John Doe.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to associate oneself; be intimately united in action or interest.

–noun

7.	a branch organization.

Commerce.

a.	a business concern owned or controlled in whole or in part by another concern.

b.	a subsidiary.

9.	a person who is affiliated; associate; auxiliary.

Origin:
1755–65; < L affīliātus adopted as son (ptp. of affīliāre), equiv. to af- af- + fīli(us) son + -ātus -ate ¹

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Affiliable

Af*fil"i*a*ble\, a. Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.

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