Definition of akin

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Akin (a.) Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin..

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Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice..
Merrymaking :: Merrymaking (a.) Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.
Tremando :: Tremando (a.) Trembling; -- used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.
Erumpent :: Erumpent (a.) Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.
Rounder :: Rounder (n.) A tool for making an edge or surface round.
Symposion :: Symposiast (n.) One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.
Gap :: Gap (n.) An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass..
Mash :: Mash (n.) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort..
Screaking :: Screaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Screa.
Lamentation :: Lamentation (n.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents..
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises..
Haymaking :: Haymaking (n.) The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
Steep :: Steep (v. i.) To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping..
Curiousness :: Curiousness (n.) Carefulness; painstaking.
Attachment :: Attachment (n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.
Cherup :: Cherup (v. t.) To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
Vintage :: Vintage (n.) The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season..
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