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fil·i·a·tion

 (fĭl′ē-ā′shən)
n.
1.
a. The condition or fact of being the child of a certain parent.
b. Law Judicial determination of the paternity of a nonmarital child for the purposes of compelling support.
2. A line of descent; derivation.
3.
a. The act or fact of forming a new branch, as of a society or language group.
b. The branch thus formed.

[Medieval Latin fīliātiō, fīliātiōn-, quality of being a son, legal right of a son, from Latin fīlius, son; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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filiate

(ˈfɪlɪˌeɪt)
vb (tr)
1. law to fix judicially the paternity of (a child, esp one born out of wedlock)
2. (Law) law a less common word for affiliate
3. archaic to affiliate or associate
[C18: from Medieval Latin fīliātus acknowledged as a son, from Latin fīlius son]
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filiate


Past participle: filiated
Gerund: filiating

Imperative
filiate
filiate
Present
I filiate
you filiate
he/she/it filiates
we filiate
you filiate
they filiate
Preterite
I filiated
you filiated
he/she/it filiated
we filiated
you filiated
they filiated
Present Continuous
I am filiating
you are filiating
he/she/it is filiating
we are filiating
you are filiating
they are filiating
Present Perfect
I have filiated
you have filiated
he/she/it has filiated
we have filiated
you have filiated
they have filiated
Past Continuous
I was filiating
you were filiating
he/she/it was filiating
we were filiating
you were filiating
they were filiating
Past Perfect
I had filiated
you had filiated
he/she/it had filiated
we had filiated
you had filiated
they had filiated
Future
I will filiate
you will filiate
he/she/it will filiate
we will filiate
you will filiate
they will filiate
Future Perfect
I will have filiated
you will have filiated
he/she/it will have filiated
we will have filiated
you will have filiated
they will have filiated
Future Continuous
I will be filiating
you will be filiating
he/she/it will be filiating
we will be filiating
you will be filiating
they will be filiating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been filiating
you have been filiating
he/she/it has been filiating
we have been filiating
you have been filiating
they have been filiating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been filiating
you will have been filiating
he/she/it will have been filiating
we will have been filiating
you will have been filiating
they will have been filiating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been filiating
you had been filiating
he/she/it had been filiating
we had been filiating
you had been filiating
they had been filiating
Conditional
I would filiate
you would filiate
he/she/it would filiate
we would filiate
you would filiate
they would filiate
Past Conditional
I would have filiated
you would have filiated
he/she/it would have filiated
we would have filiated
you would have filiated
they would have filiated
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.filiate - fix the paternity of; "The court filiated the child born out of wedlock"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
set, determine - fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
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Newton was relieved to find a different opinion existed, not because of any moral objection to such discrimination in favor of male masters but because it would be "ruinous to parishes if they cannot on complaint before magistrates get the children of such women filiated" (100, 105).
(45) If the child is not born of a marriage and is not already filiated to another man, a man may acknowledge the child by an authentic act (46) or by signing the birth certificate (47) The filiation statute does not expressly allow two fathers to be placed on the birth certificate, but Louisiana courts have allowed it under some situations involving heterosexual fathers.
General Information: All the experiments was approved by the ethic committee of The First Af- filiated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University and consent has been obtained from all patients.
Wang Yi's anecdote, most likely his own fabrication, can be filiated to a skeptical tendency in a certain stratum of Han society, suggesting Qu Yuan's dispassionate perception of the performance by keeping the figure of the poet marginal, as spectator to unofficial rituals.