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  1. 1. a. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. One who is related to another on the female side. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. related in nature Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. having the same ancestral language Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. related by blood Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. a word is cognate with another if word/both">both derive from the same word in an ancestral language Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 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. 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. Source: webster
  11. 11. One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton. Source: adambom
  12. 12. j:54/n:46 n. a word is cognate with another if word/both">both derive from the same word in an ancestral language s. having the same ancestral language Source: ecdict

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