Definitions
1.verbTo adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
2.verbTo bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
3.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"
4.verbTo connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
5.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.