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English Dictionary: cognate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cognate adj related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: connate, cognate] having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages" related by blood Synonym(s): akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p) n one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another Synonym(s): blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language Synonym(s): cognate, cognate word
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 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.