Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cognate"
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) 1.7 (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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