AGNATE

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.

2.
a.

Allied; akin. "Agnate words." Pownall. Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor.

3.
n.

A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.


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