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Brewer's: Adfiliate
Adfil′iate
or Adfiliation
Adfilia′tion
The ancient Goths adopted the children of a former marriage, and put them on the same footing as those of the new family. (Latin, ad-filius, equal to a real son.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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