filiate

filiate
/fil"ee ayt'/, v.t., filiated, filiating.
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock. Cf. affiliate (def. 5).
[1785-95; < ML filiatus like the father (said of a son), equiv. to L fili(us) son + -atus -ATE1]

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