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English Dictionary: akin	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
akin adj similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector" Synonym(s): akin(p), kindred related by blood Synonym(s): akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Akin \Akin"\, a. [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. [bd]A joy akin* to rapture.[b8] --Cowper. The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. --Jeffrey. Note: This adjective is used only after the noun.