COGNATION

consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation

(noun) (anthropology) related by blood

matrilineage, enation, cognation

(noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cognation (countable and uncountable, plural cognations)

(now mostly linguistics) A cognate relationship.

Anagrams

• contagion

Source: Wiktionary

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Cog*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. cognatio.]

1. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred. As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. Jer. Taylor.

2. Participation of the same nature. Sir T. Browne. A like temper and cognation. Sir K. Digby.

3. (Law)

Definition: 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

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