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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