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a⋅kin

  [uh-kin]
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–adjective
1. of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively): cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.
2. allied by nature; having the same properties: Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.
3. 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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a·kin   (ə-kĭn')   
adj.  
  1. Of the same kin; related by blood.
  2. Having a similar quality or character; analogous.
  3. Linguistics Sharing a common origin or an ancestral form.
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Akin

A*kin"\, a. [Pref. a- (for of) + kin.]

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

2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. "A joy akin to rapture." --Cowper.

The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. --Jeffrey.

Note: This adjective is used only after the noun.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : akin
Spanish: parecido, semejante, análogo,
German: verwandt, vergleichbar,
Japanese: 同種の
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akin 
1558, from phrase of kin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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