agnate
UK /ˈæɡneɪt/ US /ˈæɡneɪt/
noun 3adj 3
Definitions
noun
1
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.
Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them.
2
Any paternal male relative.
3
A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
adj
1
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
2
allied; akin
Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate […] with the former.
3
Having a similar semantic meaning.
[...] 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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