fili

adv. In a filial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. filiatio, fr. L. filius son: cf. F. filiation. See Filial. ] 1. The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father. [ 1913 Webster ]

The relation of paternity and filiation. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father; affiliation. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like that of a son; as, to determine the filiation of a language. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot; as, the filiations are from a common stock. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gael. feileadhbeag, i. e., little kilt; feileadh kilt + beag little, small; cf. filleadh a plait, fold. ] Same as Kilt. [ Written also philibeg. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. flibuster, flibustero, corrupted fr. E. freebooter. See Freebooter. ] A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fillibustered p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering. ] 1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. [ political cant or slang, U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the Filices, r ferns. [ 1913 Webster ]