[{"word":"affiliating","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To bring or receive into close connection; to ally.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another"},{"definition":"To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(followed by \"to\" or \"with\") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/affiliate","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/affiliating"]}]