Helen Fenton

Affiliation: Definition and part of speech

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Affiliation

  1. n. Connection in the way of descent.
  2. n. Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
  3. n. The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Affiliate: Definition and part of speech

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Affiliate

  1. v. i. To connect or associate one’s self; — followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
  2. v. t. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
  3. 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.
  4. v. t. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
  5. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Affidavit: Definition and part of speech

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Affidavit

  1. n. A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.