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cognate: Meaning and Definition of
cog•nate
Pronunciation: (kog'nāt), [key] — adj.
- related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
- descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish.
- allied or similar in nature or quality.
—n. - a person or thing cognate with another.
- a cognate word:cold is a cognate of German kalt. The English word
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