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   affiliate

   verb

   • 1. officially attach or connect (a subsidiary group or a person) to an organization: "they are national associations affiliated to larger organizations"
   • ▪ (of an organization) admit as a member: "the main party agreed to affiliate four Conservative associations"
   • ▪ officially join or become attached to an organization: "almost all students affiliate to the Students' Union"

   noun

   • 1. a person or organization officially attached to a larger body: "the firm established links with American affiliates"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘adopt a child’, in an isolated attestation): from medieval Latin affiliat- ‘adopted as a son’, from the verb affiliare, from ad- ‘towards’ + filius ‘son’. The modern senses date from the late 18th century and appear to be modelled on French affilier ‘adhere or belong to an organization or group’, especially in the context of the French Revolution.

   Derivatives

   • 1. affiliative adjective

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