Word Direct Answers

cognation

cognation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Participation of the same nature. Sir T. Browne. A like temper and cognation. Sir K. Digby.
  2. 2.(Law) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

Related questions

Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is cognation.

Sources