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Webster 1913 Edition
Akin
A-kin′
,Adj.
[Pref.
a-
(for of
) + kin
.] 1.
Of the same kin; related by blood; – used of persons;
as, the two families are near
. akin
2.
Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
“A joy akin to rapture.” Cowper.
The literary character of the work is
akin
to its moral character. Jeffrey.
☞ This adjective is used only after the noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Akin
AKIN'
,Adj.
1.
Related by blood, used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.2.
Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; as, envy and jealousy are near akin. [This adjective is used only after the noun.]