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on, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother. I am the sister of one Claudio. Shak.

The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.

The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister. She . . . abhorr'd Her proper blood, and left to do the part Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife. Daniel.

Contiguous. [Obs.] Shak.

Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse. Shak.

An assistant; a helper.

A sister by one parent only.

One who resists.

A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.

To separate, as sisters; to disjoin. [Poetic & R.] Tennyson.

Not sisterly. Richardson.

provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.] If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. Richardson (Clarissa).

Probation or novitiate. [Obs.] This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her approbation. Shak.

A assister.

Descended from Atlas. The seven Atlantic sisters. Milton.

The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.

d father. Robynson (More's Utopia). So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. Fuller.

To meet. [Obs.] Our very loving sister, well bemet. Shak.

called a half brother, or brother of the half blood. Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother. Wordsworth.

The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.