affiliate

/əˈfɪl.i.et/ · noun

Meaning

Someone 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.
To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
To bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
(said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of
To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
(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.

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