AFFILIATED

affiliated, attached, connected

(adjective) being joined in close association; “affiliated clubs”; “all art schools whether independent or attached to universities”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

affiliated

Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation.

Antonyms: non-affiliated, unaffiliated

Hyponyms

• university-affiliated

Verb

affiliated

simple past tense and past participle of affiliate

Source: Wiktionary


AFFILIATE

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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