COGNATIONS

Noun

cognations

plural of cognation

Anagrams

• action song, contagions, nonagostic

Source: Wiktionary


COGNATION

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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