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agnate

noun
/ˈæɡneɪt/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).

  1. learned borrowing from agnātus

Definitions

  1. A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.

    • A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.
    • Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them.

  2. Any paternal male relative.

  3. A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.

    2. allied

      allied; akin

      • Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate […] with the former.

    3. Having a similar semantic meaning.

      • [...] we can talk about a swim, a drink, a look, even though swim, drink and look can also show up as verbs in agnate clauses.

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Derived

agnatic, agnation

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA