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agnate

[ ag-neyt ]

noun

  1. a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
  2. any male relation on the father's side.


adjective

  1. related or akin through males or on the father's side.
  2. allied or akin.

agnate

/ ˈæɡneɪt; æɡˈnætɪk /

adjective

  1. related by descent from a common male ancestor
  2. related in any way; cognate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a male or female descendant by male links from a common male ancestor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲپDz, noun
  • agnatic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Բ· [ag-, nat, -ik], ·Բi· adjective
  • ·Բi··ly adverb
  • ·Բ·پDz [ag-, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of agnate1

First recorded in 1450–1500; from Latin ٳܲ “paternal kinsman,” variant of ()ٳܲ “born to” (past participle of 岵ī ), equivalent to ad- ad- + - “be born” + -tus past participle suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of agnate1

C16: from Latin ٳܲ born in addition, added by birth, from , from ad- in addition + to be born
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Example Sentences

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Rather than writing that one thing is like another, she suggested, pupils might use “commensurate” or “agnate,” which means related through male descent or on the father’s side.

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The grand duchy, being hereditary only in the male line, passed to the nearest agnate, the duke of Nassau.

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

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Failing an agnate, a member of the gens of the dead man is to inherit.

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Besides, magnetick mines are only agnate to the true earth, not innate: hence the whole globe does not regard them, and magneticks are not borne to them, as is demonstrated by the diagram of eminences.

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