Definitions
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.verb(said of an illegitimate child) To 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.verb(followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.