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Webster's 1828 DictionaryMATERN'AL, a. [L. maternus, from mater, mother.] Motherly; pertaining to a mother; becoming a mother; as maternal love; maternal tenderness. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)adj Merriam Webster'sadjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French maternel, from Medieval Latin maternalis, from Latin maternus, from mater mother — more at mother Date: 15th century Oxford Reference Dictionaryadj. 1 of or like a mother. 2 motherly. 3 related through the mother (maternal uncle). 4 of the mother in pregnancy and childbirth. Derivatives: maternalism n. maternalistic adj. maternally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF maternel or L maternus f. mater mother Webster's 1913 DictionaryMaternal Ma*ter"nal, a. [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater mother. See Mother.] Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness. Syn: See Motherly. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary1. Maternal is used to describe feelings or actions which are typical of those of a kind mother towards her child. She had little maternal instinct... Her feelings towards him were almost maternal. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. Maternal is used to describe things that relate to the mother of a baby. Maternal smoking can damage the unborn child. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A maternal relative is one who is related through a person's mother rather than their father. Her maternal grandfather was Mayor of Karachi. ADJ: ADJ n Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
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