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Cognation

Cognation \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. [1913 Webster] ||

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cognation

n. a cognate relationship

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cognation

  1. n. line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family [syn: matrilineage, enation]

  2. related by blood [syn: consanguinity, blood kinship] [ant: affinity]