Erroneously used instead of Fraternize.

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1852.  Can we affiliate with the Whigs? Never.—Mr. Hillyer of Georgia, House of Repr., March 18: Cong. Globe, p. 322, Appendix.

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1860.  [Mr. Douglas] ceased to affiliate with the Democratic party because of difference on a particular question.—Mr. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, U.S. Senate, Jan. 12: id., p. 426.

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1860.  The party in the South that affiliates with the Republicans.—The Times, Nov. 28. (N.E.D.)

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1879.  For a time, the instincts of what was termed “Unionism” either held some of the former political leaders in the background, or led them to affiliate somewhat coolly with the party of reconstruction.—A. Tourgée, ‘A Fool’s Errand,’ p. 125. (N.E.D.)

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