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Webster 1913 Edition

Kindred

Kin′dred

,
Noun.
[OE.
kinrede
,
kynrede
,
kunreden
(with excrescent
d
), fr. AS.
cynn
kin, race + the termination
-rǣden
, akin to AS.
rǣdan
to advise, G.
rathen
. Cf.
Hatred
.]
1.
Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
Like her, of equal
kindred
to the throne.
Dryden.
2.
Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.
Syn. – Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship; affinity.

Kin′dred

,
Adj.
Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties;
as,
kindred
souls;
kindred
skies;
kindred
propositions.
True to the
kindred
points of heaven and home.
Wordsworth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Kindred

KIN'DRED

,
Noun.
[from kin, kind.]
1.
Relation by birth; consanguinity.
Like her, of equal kindred to the throne.
2.
Relation by marriage; affinity.
3.
Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former.
Thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred. Gen.26.
4.
Relation; suit; connection in kind.

KIN'DRED

,
Adj.
Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as kindred souls; kindred skies.

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