affiliation

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  1. Adoption; association in the same family or society; hence, consanguinity or kinship of feeling or character. There are a number of affiliations which were of at least equal antiquity with Adoption, and which, I suspect, served its object even more completely in very ancient times. Maine, Early Law and Custom, p. 98. So intense is our sense of affiliation with their nature, that we speak of them universally as our fathers. Whipple, Ess. and Rev., I. 221.
  2. Association in general; relation; connection; friendship; alliance. The merry gallants of a French colonial military service which had grown gross by affiliation with Spanish-American frontier life. G. W. Cable, Old Creole Days, p. 4. The population [of the disputed territory on the western boundary of Afghanistan] is sparse, with few affiliations with the Afghans. Science, V. 359.
  3. In law, the act of imputing or of determining the paternity of a child, and the fixing upon the father the obligation to provide for its maintenance.
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  • Regardless of your political affiliation, that is a rather impressive list of developers and designers who have come together to work on the app. —  Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories
  • (The report suggests that ideology is a proxy for partisan affiliation, which is an illegal consideration, but this strikes me as highly implausible.) —  The Volokh Conspiracy
  • The report suggests that ideology is a proxy for partisan affiliation, which is an illegal consideration, but this strikes me as highly implausible. and rarely had any civil rights background, rarely expressed any interest in civil rights enforcement —  The Volokh Conspiracy
  • The authority person does go so far as to mention his political affiliation which is in line with your own. —  Sizzle Says
  • "This affiliation will be a big benefit to our customers," Beimdiek said. —  Carthage Press Homepage RSS
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  1. from French affiliation, from Middle Latin affiliatio(n-), adfiliatio(n-), from affiliare: see affiliate.
 

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