| a. | 1. | (Law) Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically |
| 2. | Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; | |
| n. | 1. | (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. |
| 2. | One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; |
| Noun | 1. | cognate - one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another |
| 2. | cognate - a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language Synonyms: cognate word | |
| Adj. | 1. | cognate - related in nature; "connate qualities" Synonyms: connate |
| 2. | cognate - having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages" | |
| 3. | cognate - related by blood |
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