af·fil·i·ate 
(ə-fĭlē-āt′)
(ə-fĭlē-āt′)v. af·fil·i·at·ed, af·fil·i·at·ing, af·fil·i·ates
v.tr.
1. To adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate, or branch: The HMO affiliated the clinics last year.
2. To associate (oneself) as a subordinate, subsidiary, employee, or member: affiliated herself with a new law firm.
3. To assign the origin of.
v.intr.
To become closely connected or associated: The two unions voted to affiliate.
n. (-ē-ĭt, -āt′)
A person, organization, or establishment associated with another as a subordinate, subsidiary, or member: network affiliates.
[Medieval Latin affīliāre, to adopt : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin fīlius, son; see dhē(i)- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
af·fil′i·ation n.
- serge
- serge
- sergeancy
- sergeant
- sergeant at arms
- sergeant first class
- sergeant fish
- sergeant major
- sergeantship
- "Sergeant York."
- Sergei Aleksandrovich
- Sergei Mikhailovich
- Sergei Pavlovich
- Sergei Sergeyevich
- Sergei Vasilievich
- serger
- Sergio
- serial
- serialism
- serialist
- serialization
- serialize
- serially
- serial number
- seriate