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. [ 1913 Webster ] Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion? I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to. [ 1913 Webster ] How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes? H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Affiliated societies, societies connected with a central society, or with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]
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