to bring into close association or connection

The research center is affiliated with the university.

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.

to trace the descent, derivation, or origin of

to affiliate a language.

to adopt.

Law . to fix the paternity of, as an illegitimate child

The mother affiliated her child upon John Doe.

to associate oneself; be intimately united in action or interest.

a branch organization.

Commerce .

a business concern owned or controlled in whole or in part by another concern.

a subsidiary.

a person who is affiliated; associate; auxiliary.

verb

disjoin , separate , stay away

noun

affil , associate , branch , offshoot , partner , sibling , ally , cohort , colleague , confederate , copartner , fellow , division

verb

ally , amalgamate , annex , associate , band together , combine , come aboard , confederate , connect , form connection , go partners , hook up , incorporate , join , line up , plug into , relate * , team up , throw in with , tie up , unite , bind , conjoin , link , relate , attach , branch , chapter , colleague , fraternize , group , merge , subsidiary