AFFILIATE
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Af*fil"i*ate (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affiliated (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Affiliating (&unr_;).] [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.
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Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?
I. Taylor.
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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.
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3. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
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How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?
H. Spencer.
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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.
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Affiliated societies, societies connected with a central society, or with each other.
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Af*fil"i*ate, v. i. To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
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