AFFILIATE

affiliate

(noun) a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; “network affiliates”

affiliate

(noun) a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization

affiliate

(verb) join in an affiliation; “The two colleges affiliated”; “They affiliated with a national group”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

affiliate (plural affiliates)

Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

Verb

affiliate (third-person singular simple present affiliates, present participle affiliating, simple past and past participle affiliated)

(transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring

(transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

• I. Taylor

(transitive, said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of

(transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

• H. Spencer

(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

Source: Wiktionary

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Af*fil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affiliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Affiliating.] Etym: [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.

Definition: To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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