v. [f. med.L. fīliāl- ppl. stem of fīliāre to have a child, f. fīli-us son; see -ATE3.] trans. = AFFILIATE v. To filiate itself: (fig.) to declare its author.
1791. Hampson, Mem. J. Wesley, II. 191. The language, in several passages, filiates itself.
1824. Examiner, 11/2. A young girl … brought … before a Magistrate, in order to filiate her expected offspring.
a. 1843. Southey, Doctor, ccxxxi. (1848), 623–4. Many parts indeed authenticate themselves, bearing so strong a likeness that no one can hesitate at filiating them upon the ipsissimus Luther.
Hence Filiated ppl. a.
1810. T. Jefferson, Writ. (1830), IV. 139. The Quakers of these States are colonies or filiations from the mother society, to whom that society sends its yearly lessons. On these the filiated societies model their opinions, their conduct, their passions, and attachments.
1839. Bailey, Festus, xix. (1848), 217.
| The great paternal and invisible fire | |
| Which eateth that it issueth, and wherein | |
| All filiated nature ceaseth work. |
