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Webster 1913 Edition
Agnate
Ag′nate
,Adj.
[L.
agnatus
, p. p. of agnasci
to be born in addition to; ad
+ nasci
(for gnasci
) to be born. Cf. Adnate
.] 1.
Related or akin by the father’s side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor;
as,
; in ths sense it is a correlative of agnate
brother: a brother having the same father, but a different motheruterine
. 2.
Allied; akin.
“Agnate words.” Pownall.
Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and
agnate
with the former. Landor.
Ag′nate
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
agnat
.] (Civil Law)
A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
Webster 1828 Edition
Agnate
AG'NATE
,Adj.
AG'NATE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
agnate
agnate
English
Noun
agnate (plural agnates)
- 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.
- 2013, John Middleton, E. H. Winter, Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa, page 203:
- Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them.
- Any paternal male relative.
Antonyms
Translations
relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family
Adjective
agnate (comparative more agnate, superlative most agnate)
- Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
- allied; akin
- Landor
- Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former.
- Landor
- (linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.
- 2013, Thomas Bloor, Meriel Bloor, The Functional Analysis of English:
- [...] 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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