Affiliate

v. join with; join in a social or business relationship; connect to; merge; become attached to; receive someone as a member; find the origins of

n. associate, subsidiary, partner, affiliated group or organization, person who is affiliated

An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity.
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Noun
1. a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
(hypernym) associate
2. a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network affiliates"
(hypernym) organization, organisation
Verb
1. join in an affiliation; "They affiliated themselves with the organization"
(hypernym) join, fall in, get together
(derivation) affiliation, association, tie, tie-up
2. keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
(synonym) consort, associate, assort
(hypernym) interact
(hyponym) ally
3. join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"
(hypernym) join, fall in, get together
(derivation) affiliation, association, tie, tie-up

v. sharpen, whet, edge; strop, grind

v. affiliate, become a member, enroll, join up

n. member, associate, affiliated member; subsidiary, subsidiary company

(v. t.)
To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
  

(v. t.)
To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
  

(v. t.)
To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with.
  

(v. t.)
To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
  

(v. i.)
To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.