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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cognate \Cog"nate\, n. 1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side --Wharton. 2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as certain letters are cognates. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cognate \Cog"nate\, a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci to be born. See {Nation}, and cf {Connate}.] 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side 2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as a cognate language. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cognate adj 1: related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: {connate}] 2: (linguistics) having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages" 3: related by blood [syn: {akin(p)}, {blood-related}, {consanguine}, {consanguineous}, {kin(p)}] n 1: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another [syn: {blood relation}, {blood relative}, {sib}] 2: a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language [syn: {cognate word}]
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