Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Agnate

Ag′nate

,
Adj.
[L.
agnatus
, p. p. of
agnasci
to be born in addition to;
ad
+
nasci
(for
gnasci
) to be born. Cf.
Adnate
.]
1.
Related or akin by the father’s side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor;
as,
agnate
brother: a brother having the same father, but a different mother
; in ths sense it is a correlative of
uterine
.
2.
Allied; akin.
“Agnate words.”
Pownall.
Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and
agnate
with the former.
Landor.

Ag′nate

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
agnat
.]
(Civil Law)
A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.

Webster 1828 Edition

Agnate

AG'NATE

,
Adj.
[L. agnatus.] Related or akin by the father's side.

AG'NATE

,
Noun.
[L. agnatus, adnascor, of ad and nascor, to be born. See Nature.] Any male relation by the father's side.

Similar Results