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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Undistinctive :: Undistinctive (a.) Making no distinctions; not discriminating; impartial.
Walling :: Walling (n.) The act of making a wall or walls.
Antidote :: Antidote (v. t.) To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote..
Salutatory :: Salutatory (a.) Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges..
Substract :: Substitutive (a.) Tending to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being substituted.
Back :: Back (adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words..
Vegeto-animal :: Vegeto-animal (a.) Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter; -- a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance to similar animal products..
Pound-breach :: Pound-breach (n.) The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.
Lubrifaction :: Lubrifaction (n.) The act of lubricating, or making smooth..
Netting :: Netting (n.) The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
Denigration :: Denigration (n.) The act of making black.
Ostentation :: Ostentation (n.) The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it..
Accent :: Accent (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent..
Prakrit :: Prakrit (n.) Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects..
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Scirrhus :: Scirrhus (n.) A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised..
Impastation :: Impastation (n.) The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
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