∙ Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.
Verb
∙ To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally. transitive
∙ To fix the paternity of; — said of an illegitimate child. transitive
∙ To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to. transitive
∙ To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; — followed by to or with. intransitive