affiliate
Pronunciation:
/əˈfɪl.i.et//əˈfɪl.i.et/noun
Definitions
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.
Example: Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.
verb
Definitions
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
Example: to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another
To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.