| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·fil·i·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -f l  - t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: af·fil·i·at·ed, af·fil·i·at·ing, af·fil·i·ates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate, or branch: The HMO affiliated the clinics last year. 2. To associate (oneself) as a subordinate, subsidiary, employee, or member: affiliated herself with a new law firm. 3. To assign the origin of. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To become closely connected or associated: The two unions voted to affiliate. | | NOUN: | (--t, -t) A person, organization, or establishment associated with another as a subordinate, subsidiary, or member: network affiliates. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin aff lire, to adopt : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin flius, son; see dh(i)- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | af·fili·ation —NOUN
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