affiliate

affiliate has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. i.. To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
• n.. a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network affiliates"
• n.. a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
• v.. join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group"
• v.. keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"