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noun

the act of affiliating; state of being affiliated or associated.

Origin:
1745–55; < Medieval Latin affīliātiōn- (stem of affīliātiō adoption); see affiliate, -ion

Related forms

in·ter·af·fil·i·a·tion, noun

non·af·fil·i·a·tion, noun

pre·af·fil·i·a·tion, noun

re·af·fil·i·a·tion, noun

su·per·af·fil·i·a·tion, noun

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affiliate

—vb
1.	(tr; foll by to or with) to receive into close connection or association (with a larger body, group, organization, etc); adopt as a member, branch, etc
2.	(foll by with) to associate (oneself) or be associated, esp as a subordinate or subsidiary; bring or come into close connection: he affiliated himself with the Union

—n
3.	a. a person or organization that is affiliated with another
	b. (as modifier): an affiliate member

[C18: from Medieval Latin affīliātus adopted as a son, from affīlīare, from Latin filius son]

affili'ation

—n

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affiliation

1751, "adoption," from Fr. affiliation, from M.L. affiliationem (nom. affiliatio), from L. affiliatus, pp. of affiliare "to adopt a son," from L. ad- "to" + filius "son" (see filial). Fig. sense of "adoption by a society, of branches" first recorded 1799 (affiliate in this sense is from 1761).

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