Hypertext Webster Gateway: "affiliate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Affiliate \Af*fil"i*ate\, v. i.
To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as,
they affiliate with no party.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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? --I. Taylor.
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?
--H. Spencer.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
affiliate
n 1: a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is
affiliated with another or with an organization
2: a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated
with another organization; "network affiliates"
v 1: join in an affiliation; "They affiliated themselves with the
organization"
2: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with
strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
[syn: {consort}, {associate}, {assort}]
3: join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"
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