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a-kin

a-kin is the obsolete form of akin.

Meaning of akin

Adjective

akin (comparative more akin, superlative most akin)

  1. Of persons, of the same kin; related by blood.
    • [W]e are too near a kin to lye together, tho' vve may Lodge near one another; […]1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page...
  2. Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
    • Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27

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Forms of a-kin

comparativemore a-kin
superlativemost a-kin

Questions about a-kin

What is a-kin the obsolete form of?
A-kin is the obsolete form of akin.

Words near a-kin in the dictionary

  1. A-I
  2. A-II
  3. A-III
  4. A-IV
  5. A-k'o-su
  6. a-kin
  7. A-League
  8. A-Leagues
  9. A-level
  10. A-levels
  11. a-life

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