Filiate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Filiate \Fil"i*ate\, v. t.
     To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between.
     [R.] --Southey.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  filiate
       v : fix the paternity of; "The court filiated the child born out
           of wedlock"