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Word: affiliate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things.

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Verb:

  • transitive 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.
  • intransitive 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.
  • transitive To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
  • transitive To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

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