Affiliate

Af`fil´i`ate

v. t.

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

[imp. & p. p. Affiliated ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Affiliating ( ).]

Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?

- I. Taylor.

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?

- H. Spencer.

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.

v. i.

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

Noun	1.	affiliate - a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
	2.	affiliate - a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network affiliates"
Verb	1.	affiliate - join in an affiliation; "They affiliated themselves with the organization"
	2.	affiliate - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" Synonyms: assort, consort, associate
	3.	affiliate - join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"

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