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cognations

cognations is the plural of cognation.

Meaning of cognation

Noun

cognation (countable and uncountable, plural cognations)

  1. A cognate relationship.
    • […] these stones, I say, gratifie our sight, as having a nearer cognation with the Soul of Man, that is Rational and Intellectual, and therefore is well pleased when it meets with any outward Object that fits and agrees with those congenite Ideas her own nature is furnished with.1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 54

Questions about cognations

What is cognations the plural of?
Cognations is the plural of cognation.

Words near cognations in the dictionary

  1. cognati
  2. cognatic
  3. cognatical
  4. cognatically
  5. cognation
  6. cognations
  7. cognatus
  8. cognescenti
  9. cognetics
  10. Cognevich
  11. cogniac

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