Affiliate
WordNet
noun
(1) A subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization
"Network affiliates"
(2) A subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
verb
(3) Join in an affiliation
"The two colleges affiliated"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
; ad + : compare French affilier.
Noun
- Someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things.
- The local channel was an affiliate of a national network.
Verb
- To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
- 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.
- To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
- 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.