'Cognate' definitions:

Definition of 'cognate'

From: WordNet
adjective
Related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: connate, cognate]
adjective
Having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"
adjective
Related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)]
noun
One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another [syn: blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib]
noun
A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language [syn: cognate, cognate word]

Definition of 'Cognate'

From: GCIDE
  • Cognate \Cog"nate\, a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See Nation, and cf. Connate.]
  • 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cognate'

From: GCIDE
  • Cognate \Cog"nate\, n.
  • 1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'cognate'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Cognate'