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filiated

filiated is the simple past and past participle of filiate.

Meaning of filiate

Verb

filiate (third-person singular simple present filiates, present participle filiating, simple past and past participle filiated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To adopt as son or daughter.
    • instead of making you the Request I intended, I do here desire That the Child be filiated upon me, Laurence Sterne, Prebendary of York, &c. &c. And I do, accordingly, own it for my own true and lawful Offspring.January 20 1759, Laurence Sterne, To —, Esq; of York (a letter)
  2. (archaic, transitive) To establish filiation between (see "filiation" for the many senses).
    • The Pope may filiate relicsc. 1850, Robert Southey, [untitled work]

Questions about filiated

What is filiated the simple past and past participle of?
Filiated is the simple past and past participle of filiate.

Words near filiated in the dictionary

  1. filially
  2. filialness
  3. filiariasis
  4. filiarisis
  5. filiate
  6. filiated
  7. filiates
  8. filiating
  9. filiation
  10. filiations
  11. Filiași

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