<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the fact of being the child of a certain parent</li><li>descent as if from a parent</li><li>derivation</li><li>the judicial determination of the paternity of a child, especially of one born out of wedlock</li><li>the relation of one thing to another from which it is derived</li><li>the act of filiating</li><li>the state of being filiate</li><li>an affiliated branch, as of a society</li><li>Tweak</li><li>Word of the Day</li></ul>