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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COGNATE, a.
1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth.
2. Related in origin; proceeding from the same stock; of the same family; as a cognate dialect.
3. Allied in the manner of formation or utterance; uttered by the same organs; as a cognate letter or round.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: connate, cognate]
2: having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"
3: related by blood [syn: akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin] n
1: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another [syn: blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib]
2: a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language [syn: cognate, cognate word]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Latin cognatus, from co- + gnatus, natus, past participle of nasci to be born; akin to Latin gignere to beget — more at kin Date: circa 1645 1. of the same or similar nature ; generically alike 2. related by blood; also related on the mother's side 3. a. related by descent from the same ancestral language b. of a word or morpheme related by derivation, borrowing, or descent c. of a substantive related to a verb usually by derivation and serving as its object to reinforce the meaning • cognately adverb II. noun Date: 1754 one that is cognate with another

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 related to or descended from a common ancestor (cf. AGNATE). 2 Philol. (of a word) having the same linguistic family or derivation (as another); representing the same original word or root (e.g. English father, German Vater, Latin pater). --n. 1 a relative. 2 a cognate word. Phrases and idioms: cognate object Gram. an object that is related in origin and sense to the verb governing it (as in live a good life). Derivatives: cognately adv. cognateness n. Etymology: L cognatus (as CO-, natus born)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cognate Cog"nate, n. 1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. --Wharton. 2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cognate Cog"nate, a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See Nation, and cf. Connate.] 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side. 2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Cognate things are related to each other. (FORMAL) ...cognate words. ADJ: oft ADJ with n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Allied, akin, kin, related, affiliated, affined, connected, kindred, similar, analogous, alike, of a piece.

Moby Thesaurus

affiliated, affinal, affinitive, agnate, akin, allied, ally, alter ego, analogon, analogue, ancestry, associate, avuncular, blood, blood relation, blood relative, brother, clansman, close copy, close match, closely related, collateral, collateral relative, common, companion, complement, congenator, congener, congeneric, congenerous, congenial, connate, connatural, connected, connections, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, conspecific, coordinate, correlate, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, derivation, derivative, distaff side, distant relation, distantly related, doublet, enate, eponym, equivalent, etymon, family, fellow, flesh, flesh and blood, folks, foster, general, generic, genetically related, german, germane, image, incident, kin, kindred, kindred spirit, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, kith and kin, like, likeness, mate, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, near duplicate, near relation, next of kin, novercal, obverse, of common source, of the blood, parallel, patrilateral, patrilineal, patroclinous, pendant, people, picture, posterity, primitive, reciprocal, related, related by blood, relations, relatives, root, second self, sib, sibling, similitude, simulacrum, sister, soul mate, spear kin, spear side, spindle kin, spindle side, such, suchlike, sword side, tally, the like of, the likes of, tribesman, twin, universal, uterine, uterine kin