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FILIATE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fix the paternity of
Example:
The court filiated the child born out of wedlock
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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)
