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
Assuming, as seems probable, that Ollantay was a son of the chief of Anta, he would be a cousin of the Inca, and of very high rank, though not an agnate of the reigning family.
From Apu Ollantay A Drama of the Time of the Incas by Sir Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham
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 Peter Mark Roget
Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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 John Baron Moyle
