Thesaurus: cognation

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1. n. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.
2. n. Participation of the same nature.
3. n. That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.
4. n. line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
5. n. (anthropology) the condition of being related by blood
6. 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.
7. That tie of consanguinity which exists between personsdescended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.
8. n line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family n (anthropology) related by blood