affiliated, attached, connected
(adjective) being joined in close association; “affiliated clubs”; “all art schools whether independent or attached to universities”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
affiliated
Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation.
Antonyms: non-affiliated, unaffiliated
• university-affiliated
affiliated
simple past tense and past participle of affiliate
Source: Wiktionary
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
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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