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
cognation (countable and uncountable, plural cognations)
(now mostly linguistics) A cognate relationship.
• contagion
Source: Wiktionary
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
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
