p. pr. 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.
affiliate , v. i. To connect orassociate ones self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate
with no party.
