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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Agnate

Ag'nāte, n.

noun

[Lat. agnatus, p. p. of agnasci, to be born in addition to, from ad and nasci, to be born.]

  1. (Law.) Related or akin by the father's side.
  2. Allied. [Rare.] “Agnate words.” Pownall.

Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor.

Ag'nāte, n.

noun

n. [Fr. agnat. See supra.] Any male relation by the father's side. Bouvier.