Affiliate Definition–verb (used with object) | 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. | | 5. | Law. to fix the paternity of, as an illegitimate child: The mother affiliated her child upon John Doe. | –verb (used without object) | 6. | to associate oneself; be intimately united in action or interest. | –noun | 7. | a branch organization. | | 8. | Commerce. | a. | a business concern owned or controlled in whole or in part by another concern. | | | 9. | a person who is affiliated; associate; auxiliary. | |
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