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Webster 1913 Edition

Cognate

Cog′nate

,
Adj.
[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
.

Cog′nate

,
Noun.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cognate

COGNATE

, a.
1.
Allied by blood; kindred by birth.
2.
Related in origin; proceeding from the same stock; of the same family; as a cognate dialect.
3.
Allied in the manner of formation or utterance; uttered by the same organs; as a cognate letter or round.

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