COGNATE

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

2.
a.

Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

3.
n.

One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton.

4.
n.

One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.


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