Meaning of COGNATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâgneyt
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- [n] a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
- [n] one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
- [adj] related by blood
- [adj] (linguistics) having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"
- [adj] related in nature; "connate qualities"
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| | Synonyms: | | akin(p), blood relation, blood relative, blood-related, cognate word, connate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin(p), related, related to, sib |
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| | See Also: | | relation, relative, word | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
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| | Definition: | | In biochemistry, this term refers to two biomolecules that typically interact (e.g., a receptor and its ligand). |
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