| Pronunciation: | | kâg'neyshun
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- [n] related by blood
- [n] line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
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COGNATION is a 9 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | blood kinship, consanguinity, enation, matrilineage |
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| | Antonyms: | | affinity, kinship by marriage |
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| | See Also: | | family relationship, kinship, relationship, unilateral descent |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cog*na"tion\, n. [L. cognatio.]
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}.
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