Definition for COG'NATE

COG'NATE, a. [L. cognatus; con and nascor, to be born.]

  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 sound.

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