meaning of affiliate
1. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
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.
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.
5. To connect or associate ones self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
6. a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network
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