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FILIATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does filiate mean?
• FILIATE (verb)
The verb FILIATE has 1 sense:
1. fix the paternity of
Familiarity information: FILIATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fix the paternity of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
The court filiated the child born out of wedlock
Hypernyms (to "filiate" is one way to...):
determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
filiation (the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors)
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