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akin

[uh-kin]

Origin

adjective

of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively): cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.

allied by nature; having the same properties: Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.

having or showing an affinity; kindred: They are emotionally but not intellectually akin.

Origin:
1580–90; see a-², kin

Synonyms
2. cognate; similar, analogous, comparable, parallel.

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akin (əˈkɪn)

—*adj*
1.	related by blood; of the same kin
2.	(often foll by to) having similar characteristics, properties, etc

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Word Origin & History

akin

1550s, from phrase of kin; see kin.

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