affiliate

[Af*filĀ·i*ate]

An affiliate is a subordinate group or organization associated with a larger group or organization. For example, the American broadcasting company NBC has hundreds of affiliate stations around the country.

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To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

Noun
a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network affiliates"

Noun
a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization

Verb
join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"

Verb
keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"

Verb
join in an affiliation; "They affiliated themselves with the organization"

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v. t.
To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

v. t.
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.

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


Affiliate

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

Affiliate

Af*fil"i*ate, v. i. To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

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

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