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Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.

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  1. n. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
  2. n. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.
  3. a. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
  4. adj. similar in quality or character
  5. adj. related by blood or marriage
  6. n. group of people related by blood or marriage
  7. 1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin. Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. Dryden. 2. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other. I think there's no man is secure But the queen's kindred. Shak. Syn. -- Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship; affinity. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions. True to the kindred points of heaven and home. Wordsworth.
  8. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as,kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.True to the kindred points of heaven and home. Wordsworth.
  9. j:75/n:25 s. related by blood or marriage