Definitionen
1.NounSomeone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things."Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC."
2.VerbTo adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
3.Verbto bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
4.VerbTo fix the paternity of"to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another"
5.VerbTo connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
6.VerbTo attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.