cognately
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cognate (ˈkɒɡneɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj
1.  akin; related: cognate languages
2.  Compare agnate related by blood or descended from a common maternal ancestor
3.  grammar cognate object a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
 
—n
4.  something that is cognate with something else
 
[C17: from Latin cognātus, from co- same + gnātus born, variant of nātus, past participle of nāscī to be born]
 
'cognately
 
—adv
 
'cognateness
 
—n
 
cog'nation
 
—n

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