Affiliable(a.) Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.
Affiliate(v. i.) To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
Affiliate(v. t.) To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Affiliate(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.
Affiliate(v. t.) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
Affiliate(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.
Affiliated(imp. & p. p.) of Affiliate
Affiliating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affiliate
Affiliation(n.) Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
Affiliation(n.) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.
Affiliation(n.) Connection in the way of descent.
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