agnate

Example Sentences

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The land through which she guides us is flavid, agnate, calcined, karsty.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2016

In Korea, for instance, he can only adopt an agnate and one of a lower generation than his own.

From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival

Adj. related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied, collateral; cognate, agnate, connate; kindred; affiliated; fraternal. intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied; german.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

So, too, if your brother, or your paternal uncle, or even a more remote agnate, adopts any one, that person undoubtedly becomes one of your agnates.

From The Institutes of Justinian by Moyle, John Baron