Affiliate

Af·fil·i·ate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Affiliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Affiliating

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?
— I. Taylor.
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.
To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?
— H. Spencer.
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.

Affiliated societies: societies connected with a central society, or with each other.

v. i.

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