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Dictionary: ag·nate   (ăg'nāt') pronunciation
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adj.
  1. Related on or descended from the father's or male side.
  2. Coming from a common source; akin.
n.
A relative on the father's or male side only.

[Latin agnātus, past participle of agnāscī, to become an agnate : ad-, ad- + nāscī, to be born.]

agnatic ag·nat'ic (ăg-năt'ĭk) adj.
agnatically ag·nat'i·cal·ly adv.
agnation ag·na'tion n.

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adjective

    Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin: akin, allied, cognate, connate, connatural, consanguine, consanguineous, kindred, related. See kin.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: one related on the father's side
  Synonyms: patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrisib, patrilineal sib

The adjective agnate has one meaning:

Meaning #1: related on the father's side
  Synonyms: agnatic, paternal

 
 
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