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af•fil•i•ate



Pronunciation: (
—v.u-fil'ē-āt";
—n.u-fil'ē-it, -āt"), [key]
—v., -at•ed, -at•ing,
—n.

—v.t.
1. to bring into close association or connection: The research center is affiliated with the university.
2. to attach or unite on terms of fellowship; associate (usually fol. by with in U.S. usage, by to in Brit. usage): to affiliate with the church.
3. to trace the descent, derivation, or origin of: to affiliate a language.
4. to adopt.
5. Law.to fix the paternity of, as an illegitimate child: The mother affiliated her child upon John Doe.

—v.i.
to associate oneself; be intimately united in action or interest.

—n.
1. a branch organization.
2. Com.
a. a business concern owned or controlled in whole or in part by another concern.
b. a subsidiary.
3. a person who is affiliated; associate; auxiliary.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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