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Affiliate v. t. (past & past part. affiliated; pres. part. affiliating)

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?"

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.

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?"

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.

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Etymology of 'Affiliate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Affiliate" Quotes from Famous Books

... table there were no strangers, and to Dawn it seemed as though she had always known them, and many times before, occupied the same place in their midst. Thus do those who are harmonious in spirit affiliate, regardless of ...

— Dawn • Mrs. Harriet A. Adams

... has been ascertained that a Wb[)e]n[-o] does not affiliate with others of his class so as to constitute a society, but indulges his pretensions individually. A Wb[)e]n[-o] is primarily prompted by dreams or visions which may occur during his youth, for which purpose he leaves his village to fast for an indefinite ...

— Seventh Annual Report • Various

... disgusted with the stiff and arbitrary systems of our books,—a disgust we confess most wholesome, if it only leads him into a closer communion with nature. The sooner one leaves those maternal apron-strings,—books,—and learns to identify himself with nature, and thus goes out of himself to affiliate with the spirit of the scene or object before him,—or, in other words, cultivates habits of the closest observation and most patient reflection,—be he painter or poet, philosopher or insect-hunter of low degree, he will gain an intellectual ...

— Our Common Insects - A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, - Gardens and Houses • Alpheus Spring Packard

Words linked to "Affiliate" : organization, date, affiliation, fall in, join, company, assort, interact, associate, accompany, get together, go steady