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akind

akind 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

See all 4 meanings of akin

Forms of akind

comparativemore akind
superlativemost akind

Origin of akind

An alteration of akin, influenced by kind.

Questions about akind

What is akind the obsolete form of?
Akind is the obsolete form of akin.

Words near akind in the dictionary

  1. akin
  2. Akina
  3. Akinas
  4. akinate
  5. akinates
  6. akind
  7. akindle
  8. akineses
  9. akinesia
  10. akinesias
  11. akinesic

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