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Webster 1913 Edition

Cognation

Cog-na′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
cognatio
.]
1.
Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.
As by our
cognation
to the body of the first Adam.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
Participation of the same nature.
Sir T. Browne.
A like temper and
cognation
.
Sir K. Digby.
3.
(Law)
That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; – used in distinction from
agnation
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cognation

COGNATION

, n.
1.
In the civil law, kindred or natural relation between males and females, both descended from the same father; as agnation is the relation between males only descended from the same stock.
2.
Kindred; relation by descent from the same original.
Pride and hardheartedness are of near cognation to ingratitude.
3.
Relation; participation of the same nature.

Definition 2024

cognation

cognation

English

Noun

cognation ‎(plural cognations)

  1. a cognate relationship
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 54:
      "... these stones, I say, gratifie our sight, as having a nearer cognation with the Soul of Man, that is Rational and Intellectual, and therefore is well pleased when it meets with any outward Object that fits and agrees with those congenite Ideas her own nature is furnished with."

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